paranoid

English

Etymology

From paranoia +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/, /ˈpɛɹ.əˌnɔɪd/
  • Hyphenation: para‧noid
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

paranoid (comparative more paranoid, superlative most paranoid)

  1. Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia.
  2. (informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
    • 1984, Rockwell, “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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

paranoid (plural paranoids)

  1. A person 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)

  1. paranoid

Declension

Further reading

  • paranoid” in Duden online
  • paranoid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English paranoid.

Noun

paranoid (comparative lebih paranoid, superlative paling paranoid)

  1. paranoid

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German paranoid or French paranoïde.

Noun

paranoid m (plural paranoizi)

  1. paranoid

Declension

Declension of paranoid
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative paranoid paranoidul paranoizi paranoizii
genitive-dative paranoid paranoidului paranoizi paranoizilor
vocative paranoidule paranoizilor

References

  • paranoid in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Adjective

paranoid (comparative paranoidare, superlative paranoidast)

  1. paranoid

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
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular paranoid paranoidare paranoidast
neuter singular paranoit paranoidare paranoidast
plural paranoida paranoidare paranoidast
masculine plural2 paranoide paranoidare paranoidast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 paranoide paranoidare paranoidaste
all paranoida paranoidare paranoidaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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