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neurotic adj. psychoneurotic, unstable, disturbed, confused, irrational,
disordered, maladjusted, distraught, overwrought, anxious,
nervous, obsessive, deviant, abnormal: Many people are neurotic
about something.
neuter adj. 1 asexual, sexless, epicene: Worker bees are neuter,
neither male nor female.
--v. 2 desex or desexualize, doctor; castrate, emasculate,
geld, capon or caponize, eunuchize; spay, ovariectomize,
oophorectomize; Colloq fix, cut, US alter: We had our cat
neutered after her first litter.
neutral adj. 1 non-belligerent, non-combatant, unaligned, non-aligned,
unaffiliated, uninvolved, unallied, non-allied, non-partisan,
impartial, disinterested, indifferent, dispassionate, unbiased,
uncommitted, noncommittal, aloof, withdrawn, detached, remote,
removed: Switzerland has remained neutral during both world
wars. 2 dull, drab, colourless, achromatic, toneless,
indeterminate, washed out, pale, indefinite, indistinct,
indistinguishable, indeterminate, vague, drab, beige, ecru: A
neutral wallpaper colour won't clash with the paintings.
neutralize
v. void, annul, cancel (out), nullify, invalidate, negate,
delete, undo, make or render ineffective, counterbalance,
counteract, offset, equalize, even, square, compensate for, make
up for: The forces on both sides of the sail, being equal,
neutralize each other.
never adv. 1 at no time, not ever, not at any time, on no occasion,
under no circumstances or condition(s), on no account, not at
all, Colloq not in a million years, not till hell freezes over:
You are never to use such language again! 2 in no way, not in
any way, not in the least, not in any degree, not under any
condition, not: Never fear, for I am near.
nevertheless
adv. still, notwithstanding, yet, in spite of that, despite
that, nonetheless, regardless, be that as it may, for all that,
even so, but, however, just or all the same, everything
considered, at any rate, anyway, in any case, in any event, at