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单词 psychos
释义

psycho

noun

psy·​cho ˈsī-(ˌ)kō How to pronounce psycho (audio)
plural psychos
: a deranged or psychopathic person
not used technically
psycho adjective

Synonyms

  • bug
  • crackbrain
  • crazy
  • fool
  • fruitcake
  • head case
  • loon
  • loony
  • lunatic
  • maniac
  • nut
  • nutcase
  • nutter [British slang]
  • psychopath
  • sickie
  • sicko
  • wacko
  • whacko
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web All those pandemic pups had started going psycho at the same time and all the trainers were busy. John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022 The movie presents him not as a complex figure of evil but as a pure movie archetype: the psycho with a dungeon next door. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 June 2022 Where the history of drug development has been astonishingly haphazard, and our grasp of brain function is disturbingly low-level, the history of psycho-pharmaceutical marketing has been clever and effective. New York Times, 9 May 2022 There’s no battered babysitter, no psycho stalker, no trope-y ’80s clichés in sight—except for those being completely slashed and reimagined by their director. Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022 Affleck smile-grimacing his way through an everyday rich guy/closet-psycho routine for two hours also counts for… something. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022 Also complicating the play’s psycho-social dynamics is image-conscious, self-actualizing Davey (a riveting Brandon J. Dirden), Darren’s morally righteous baseball bud and a trigger that leads to tragic consequences. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022 In the name of psycho-thermal research, Gómez Milán has put study volunteers into tense imaginary situations. Jessica Wapner, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2022 Another, a young psycho who calls himself ZoomGnat, has been up for two days straight on Adderall and Red Bull and has driven from Texas without stopping. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

short for psychopath

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

psychos

noun

plural of psycho
as in psychopaths
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • psychopaths
  • lunatics
  • maniacs
  • fools
  • crazies
  • schizos
  • wackos
  • sickos
  • loonies
  • psychotics
  • nutcases
  • nuts
  • nutters
  • bugs
  • loons
  • whackos
  • fruitcakes
  • sickies
  • madmen
  • sociopaths
  • paranoids
  • neurotics
  • schizophrenics
  • deviants
  • patients
  • madwomen
  • abnormals
  • weirdos
  • schizoids
  • characters
  • head cases
  • monomaniacs
  • obsessives
  • crackbrains
  • crackpots
  • kooks
  • eccentrics
  • screwballs
  • cracks
  • oddballs
  • psychoneurotics
  • zanies
  • manic-depressives
  • obsessive-compulsives
  • flakes
  • schizophrenes
  • cases
  • codgers
  • fantastics
  • tykes
  • originals
  • cranks
  • mythomaniacs
  • oddities
  • quizzes
  • tikes
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