Meaning & use
paranoid
Feeling unreasonably anxious or suspicious that others intend to harm or deceive you.
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He got paranoid whenever his phone battery dropped below twenty percent.
The novel's narrator grows increasingly paranoid that his neighbors are watching him.
A note on using this word
Informally used loosely for everyday worry; clinically it describes an unfounded, persistent suspicion.
Words with a similar meaning
suspiciousdistrustful
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