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Adjective
Rough House 16 MENTIONS ALTER by SK Dale In a secret military lab, a neuroscientist uses cutting-edge technology to rewire the mind of a psychopathic killer, forcing her own memories onto him in the hopes to trigger empathy.—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2025 Rough House 16 Mentions ALTER by SK Dale In a secret military lab, a neuroscientist uses cutting-edge technology to rewire the mind of a psychopathic killer, forcing her own memories onto him in the hopes to trigger empathy.—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
The character is a pure psychopathic who drives a classic hot rod and has a fanatical love of Coors beer.—James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2020 They are popularly recognized as the motto of a fictional psychopathic supervillain.—Brian Murphy, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018 See All Example Sentences for psychopathic
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