Hypochondriac (Adjective)
Meaning
Suffering from hypochondria.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- My aunt is a hypochondriac and always thinks she has some rare disease whenever she experiences minor symptoms.
- After watching a medical documentary, he became a hypochondriac and started researching every possible illness online.
- She's such a hypochondriac that she visits her doctor at least once a week for a different complaint each time.
- His hypochondriac tendencies made him extremely anxious about his health, causing him to overreact to every minor ache.
- The hypochondriac neighbor would often call the emergency services, convinced that she was having a heart attack, only to find out it was just indigestion.