Compulsive
Compulsive adjective - Caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge.
Unstable and compulsive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unstable" instead an adjective "Compulsive".
Unstable
Unstable adjective - Not being in or able to maintain a state of balance.
Compulsive and unstable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compulsive" instead an adjective "Unstable".
Nearby Word: unstably
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Crosetti in spite of being devoted to his daughter and a devout Catholic, is mentally unstable and a compulsive gambler, both of which drive him to kill himself, and due to this, could not receive a proper police ceremony/burial.
- The episode "The Big Wheel" of Criminal Minds had a pair of thugs trying to rob the episode's Serial Killer, an unstable obsessive-compulsive.
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Unstable and Compulsive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compulsive/unstable
Compulsive & Unstable. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compulsive/unstable>.
Unstable or Compulsive. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compulsive/unstable.
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