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.
—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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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.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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
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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
Adjective
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
8 Dec. 2022
Noun
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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
Adjective
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And the maddest thing of all is the AI Generator, who wants to marry her!—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The other tuna dodged their dead companions with a flick of the tail and continued their mad carousel.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Adjective
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Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
30 Mar. 2023
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Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Your voice is insane.—
Mary Colurso | mcolurso@al.com,
al,
4 Apr. 2023
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The Republican and right-wing reaction is just insane.—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
31 Mar. 2023
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“Psycho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psycho. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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