as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
only someone who is totally psycho could have committed such a heinous crime
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as in psychopath
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
a story based on a real-life psycho who had serious mother-son issues
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Recent Examples of psycho
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Here is McCarthy’s God: a deranged psycho who not only tolerates his world’s atrocities but conceives of them in these strange and inhuman terms.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
Gen X icons Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell, and David Arquette teach some Gen Z whippersnappers how to avoid being murdered by a masked psycho in the new trailer for Scream 5.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2021
Australian actor Josh Lawson as the psycho Kano steals the movie with enough twisted humor to deserve his own franchise.
—Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
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Noun
Yet the bear adds gore and suspense and a soupçon of lurid excitement, the same way that an ax-wielding psycho does.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for psycho
Adjective
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
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Theories ranged from familial disputes and lone psychopaths to international espionage and money laundering involving Mossad and Saddam Hussein.—
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The basics remain the same: Four players take control of survivors attempting to escape a dingy hellhole, while a fifth takes the role of a roaming psychopath trying to kill them.—
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
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And a perilous Purge situation flooding the streets with maniacs?—
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That joke might be fine if everyone in Smash were a maniac.—
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Shinwell takes the rep aside and asks her to grab some of the antidote to the sickness that pushed Stephens into a coma, because the mad scientist must have some lying around.—
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The late 19th century was a boom time for mad inventors, scam artists, and fast-talking salesmen.—
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There’s a holy fool quality to the boy, who is the subject of teasing.—
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Hardly anyone would prefer to be made the fool — healthy skepticism can prevent you from clicking on a phishing link in an email or joining a multilevel marketing scheme — but a life of cynicism isn’t preferable either.—
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Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.—
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Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.—
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Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.—
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If 51% of the population is being so underserved, the ratio to opportunity is insane.—
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“Psycho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psycho. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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