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as in psychopath
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
considered a crackbrain in his own time, the artist is now recognized as a genius
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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
a crackbrain who wore bedroom slippers to the grocery shop
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Noun
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As villains go, Brody was a teddy bear compared to the gout-stricken, carnal-minded, capricious psychopath Lewis plays here on the English throne.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025 -
Everyone’s favorite serial killer psychopath Joe Goldberg is back for one last killing spree — and maybe, finally, a bit of justice — in the new trailer for the fifth and final season of You, which premieres on April 24 on Netflix.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attracting talent for greater innovation hazards acquiring a few eccentrics whose gifts come wrapped in controversial packaging.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Yes, one of the teenaged plane crash survivors and Yellowjackets team members who has become a more prominent character in the past timeline over the course of season 3.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But after Bonet departed the series following its first season, the focus shifted to characters played by Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Glynn Turman, Cory Tyler, Lou Myers, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, and Charnele Brown.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, building massive scale factories here in the US to replace overseas production would be a fool’s errand.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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After a brief fool’s spring, New York City plunged once again into a cold snap.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
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The story was one aspect – a group of friends who encounter a family of cannibals, including the chainsaw-wielding maniac known as Leatherface.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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There is no saving the world, no genocidal maniac trying to conquer new realms.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Williamson, the writer who created the franchise with the 1996 original, is directing the sequel. Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, the other half of the reboots' Core Four along with Ortega and Barrera, will reprise their roles.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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That proved challenging because technology had advanced with different machines and methods since manufacturing the original.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Common insect predators in the home garden include lacewings, syrphid (flower or hover) flies, minute pirate bugs, ground beetles, and ladybeetles.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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Torches and even glow-in-the-dark bugs are an effective weapon against the photo-sensitive local fauna, though naked flames do lose their power when nightfall brings the first rain in years.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Mikasa Callie Mikasa Callie Bone China 12 Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4 in White $120 $78 Amazon The Mikasa Callie dishware set is a bit of an odd duck.—
Tom Mylan,
Bon Appétit,
26 Feb. 2025
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Toyne expounds on landing the Palm Royale gig and the musical inspirations for a show in which SNL vet Wiig plays the odd duck who just wants to fit in at a 1969 Palm Beach, Florida high society club.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
9 Aug. 2024
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“Crackbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackbrain. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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