paranoid

«paranoid» in Mova's school dictionary: against you, talking about you or trying to trick you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (paranoid; more paranoid, most paranoid); noun (a paranoid, rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) (everyday) Too worried that people are against you, talking about you or trying to trick you, without good reason. tree →

2) (medicine) Having an illness that makes a person have strong false beliefs that others want to harm them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk, "Don't be paranoid" means "you are worrying too much that something bad is happening". In health lessons, being paranoid as an illness needs a doctor and kindness. In online safety, it's good to be careful, which is not the same as paranoid.

examples

• I'm paranoid that I left the oven on. tree →
• Don't be paranoid; they weren't laughing at you. tree →
• He became paranoid that someone was reading his diary. tree →
• It's sensible to be careful online, not paranoid. tree →
• She felt paranoid after the scary film and checked the locks twice. tree →
• The doctor helped the paranoid patient feel safe. tree →

note

Noun: paranoia. Pronounced "PA-ruh-noid". The everyday use is informal; be gentle with the medical use and do not call people "paranoid" as an insult.

In the corpora

• When we are worried, the brain fills gaps with the worst story; "paranoid" means wrongly sure people are against you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paranoid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.