paranoid

paranoid, übermäßig misstrauisch

Ohne guten Grund sehr besorgt, dass andere einem schaden könnten oder etwas Schlimmes passieren könnte.

In einfachem Englisch: Feeling very worried that people may harm you or that something bad will happen, without good reason.

• I'm getting paranoid about my keys.
• He became paranoid that someone was following him.
• Are we being paranoid about online security?

So benutzt man es: paranoid about something (He is paranoid about losing his phone.); paranoid that… (She was paranoid that everyone was laughing at her.)

Synonyme: suspicious, distrustful

Gegenteile: trusting

Häufige Wendungen: feel paranoid, paranoid about something, a bit paranoid

paranoid

Eine psychische Störung betreffend, bei der man fest und fälschlich glaubt, andere wollten einem schaden.

In einfachem Englisch: Having or involving a mental condition that causes strong false beliefs that others want to harm you.

• The patient experienced paranoid delusions.
• Treatment reduced her paranoid symptoms.
• A psychiatrist assessed his increasingly paranoid beliefs.

Häufige Wendungen: paranoid delusions, paranoid symptoms, paranoid disorder