Hypochondriacal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hypochondriacal is an adjective meaning Suffering from hypochondria.
Meaning
Suffering from hypochondria.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits.
Example Sentences
Fracastorius, Fallopius, and others, being to give their sentence of a party labouring of hypochondriacal melancholy, could not find out by the symptoms which part was most especially affected […].
[…] the hypochondriacal British ceramist William De Morgan, who spent winters in Florence for his health while gradually bankrupting his business back home producing iridescent mythological scenes on tiles, vases and plates.
Synonyms for hypochondriacal
Depending on context, synonyms include neurotic, hypochondriac, psychoneurotic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypochondriac, neurotic, psychoneurotic, hypochondric, hypochondriatic, hypochondriack.
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