paranoidpar‧a‧noid /ˈpærənɔɪd/ adjective 
Malcolm got really paranoid, deciding that there was a conspiracy out to get him.paranoid about He has always been paranoid about his personal security.2 medical suffering from a mental illness that makes you believe that other people are trying to harm you: a patient suffering from paranoid schizophrenia
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- By 1982, he was so paranoid about his health that he wore plastic gloves at all times.
- I get a little paranoid around big dogs.
- I was so paranoid at one point, that I was refusing to answer the door.
- Jason's so paranoid about getting sick that he washes his hands all the time.
- The mysterious phone calls were beginning to make him feel paranoid.
- A second life drama portrays the predominance of paranoid thinking, reflected in mistrust, suspicion, and jealousy.
- Folks in the Police Department are getting paranoid.
- In the president's paranoid world there is always a dummy car.
- Indeed, depressive traits are more in evidence than paranoid tendencies.
- Our aim was not to win every battle, but to confound the enemies and make them paranoid after every encounter.
- Today, only one of those Titan missiles remain, a behemoth souvenir from our paranoid past.
- You're getting paranoid, that's your trouble.
- You get absolutely paranoid about them.
Longman Language Activatorto feel worried all the time
to have a lot of problems to worry about, especially when this means that you do not concentrate on other things: · Since the divorce, Linda's had a lot on her mind.· I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention, I have a lot on my mind at the moment.
to have a lot of work to do or have a lot of problems to deal with, so that you feel worried and tired or get upset easily: · Although I was under a strain, and drinking a lot at the time, I remember very clearly what happened.· This investigation has placed her under additional stress.be under a lot of stress/strain: · Mr Payne, have you been under a lot of stress recently?
informal so worried and tired from problems you have to deal with continuously that you cannot relax: · By the end of the tour, the band was totally stressed out.· One of my adult students was a stressed-out working mother.feel stressed out: · I'm trying to have a few early nights because I'm feeling stressed out at the moment.
worrying so much about a particular problem that you cannot think about anything else: · I admit I'm preoccupied and snappy at the moment -- I'm sorry.· Alison had entered the room, but he was too preoccupied to notice.look/seem preoccupied: · She seemed preoccupied and kept glancing toward the window.preoccupied look/expression etc: · Prajapat glanced up with a preoccupied smile, then went back to the map.preoccupied with: · He was far too preoccupied with his own marital difficulties to give any thought to his friend's problems.
someone who is paranoid is worried all the time that people do not like them, that bad things are going to happen to them etc, when this is not true: · I was so paranoid at one point, that I was refusing to answer the door.feel paranoid: · The mysterious phone calls were beginning to make him feel paranoid.paranoid about: · By 1982, he was so paranoid about his health that he wore plastic gloves at all times.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Malcolm got really paranoid, deciding that there was a conspiracy out to get him.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1believing unreasonably that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of yoube/become/get paranoid Malcolm got really paranoid, deciding that there was a conspiracy out to get him.· That's why they were so paranoid.· And the Colonel was so paranoid about losing control over Presley that he never would let Presley tour without him.· I was so paranoid I even listened at the door.· Aha, Albert thought - spying on me; and then sat on himself for thinking anything so paranoid.· I was so paranoid, at one point in time I was having some emotional problems.· Later she became so paranoid about their power that she had her room searched for bugs.· He got so paranoid he decided to leg it.
NOUN· The trial was told that he was diagnosed as suffering paranoid schizophrenia.· Attorneys say he may suffer from paranoid schizophrenia.· His dad, Charles, was lovable and devoted, but afflicted with paranoid schizophrenia.· They have told prosecutors Kaczynski may suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, a mental disorder that can cause intricate delusions.· We wonder if she has ever heard of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, and she tells us to be quiet.· They say he also suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, a condition that produces intricate delusions that may have clouded his judgment.
Malcolm got really paranoid, deciding that there was a conspiracy out to get him.paranoid about He has always been paranoid about his personal security.2 medical suffering from a mental illness that makes you believe that other people are trying to harm you: a patient suffering from paranoid schizophrenia