paranoid
adjective
para·noid
ˈper-ə-ˌnȯid 
ˌpa-rə-
variants
or less commonly paranoidal
ˌper-ə-ˈnȯi-dᵊl
ˌpa-rə-
1
: characterized by or resembling paranoia or paranoid schizophrenia
a paranoid psychiatric patient
2
: characterized by suspiciousness, persecutory trends, or megalomania
behaving in a paranoid manner with accusations of persecutions
3
: extremely fearful
was so paranoid that he was afraid to walk the streets
paranoid
noun
Examples of paranoid in a Sentence
I guess I was just being paranoid.
She's a little paranoid about her job.
It's nothing more than a paranoid fantasy.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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—Katie Rife, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Within this kaleidoscope, some audiences will skew more right or left, sometimes to a paranoid extreme.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Director Satoshi Kon uses the medium to his advantage, to be sure, utilizing the reality-bending possibilities of animation to take viewers inside his heroine's paranoid, fractured headspace.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Within this kaleidoscope, some audiences will skew more right or left, sometimes to a paranoid extreme.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
That of course would be Lewis, an old high school acquaintance, who’s coked to the gills and deep in the grip of paranoid delusions when Skye arrives.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Paranoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paranoid. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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paranoid
1 of 2 adjective
para·noid
ˈpar-ə-ˌnȯid
variants
also paranoidal
1
: characterized by or resembling paranoia or paranoid schizophrenia
2
: characterized by suspiciousness, persecutory trends, or megalomania
paranoid
2 of 2 noun
: one affected with paranoia or paranoid schizophrenia
called also paranoiac
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