psyched (out)

past tense of psych (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for psyched (out)
Verb
  • Parents, scared by the specter of brain damage, are reluctant to let their kids play tackle football.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His home’s security system was triggered and reportedly scared off the burglar, and nothing was stolen from the property.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Family pets, especially dogs, are frightened by the noise and will hide or try to run away.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In the first Nobody, Odenkirk’s Hutch has to reignite the sleeping assassin within himself after his family was frightened by a botched home invasion.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In that episode, the college football fans are terrified to find themselves in Pro Town, a place where people go to yoga on Saturdays.
    Kristi Dosh, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Murillo recalled a Cuban grandmother whose grandchildren were terrified to go to school after their father was detained in front of them at their own home by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For anyone who loves cooking or has long been intimidated by it, Typhur has designed a future where every meal can be mastered, and every cook can have the power of precision in their hands.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Riki felt intimidated at the mere mention of a neighborhood like Ebisu, and her friend showed up that day looking especially elegant, her hair dyed a stylish reddish-brown, dazzling everyone around her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Godzilla has terrorized the Land of the Rising Sun for decades.
    Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Deadline visited the set in July 2024 as the cast and crew braved blasting sun and temperatures in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit in northern Jordan, shooting the scenes in which British forces terrorized villages suspected of being involved in militant activities.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What’s more, a lot of Americans still have mortgage rates that are low enough to make the idea of a move daunting, and affordability overall hasn’t improved much even as the economy has softened.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Materials are interesting in that a low looks to have been established, while Capital Equipment has softened somewhat recently.
    Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Psyched (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psyched%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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