paranoid
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.ˌnɔɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.ˌnɔɪd/, /ˈpæɹ.ə.ˌnɔɪd/
- Hyphenation: para‧noid
- Rhymes: -ɔɪd
Adjective
paranoid (comparative more paranoid, superlative most paranoid)
- Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia
- (informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust
- 1984, Rockwell (lyrics and music), “Somebody's Watching Me”:
- But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid?
- 2003, Nelson DeMille, Plum Island:
- 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.
Translations
exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
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Translations
someone suffering from paranoia
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Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paʁanoˈʔiːt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧no‧id
Adjective
paranoid (strong nominative masculine singular paranoider, comparative paranoider, superlative am paranoidesten)
Declension
Positive forms of paranoid
Comparative forms of paranoid
Superlative forms of paranoid
Indonesian
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Further reading
- “paranoid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Swedish
Usage notes
The singular indefinite neuter is avoided according to the references, but "paranoit" is what would intuitively be expected (and is attested).
Declension
Inflection of paranoid | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | paranoid | paranoidare | paranoidast |
Neuter singular | paranoit | paranoidare | paranoidast |
Plural | paranoida | paranoidare | paranoidast |
Masculine plural3 | paranoide | paranoidare | paranoidast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | paranoide | paranoidare | paranoidaste |
All | paranoida | paranoidare | paranoidaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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