paranoid
adj/ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/UK/ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/US
Etymology
Definitions
Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
- But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?
- People generally want to believe good news, and Max was so paranoid about germs that he'd really love to believe Plum Island was spewing antibiotics and vaccine into the air.
- “As an autocrat, you have to be paranoid. You’re constantly at risk,” he said. “Everyone around you is lying all the time. You never know who is authentically loyal and who is lying to you.”
A person suffering from paranoia.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for paranoid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA