psycho

informal + disparaging

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Recent Examples of psycho The key figure turns out to be Alex’s mysterious Aunt Gladys, played in full psycho-biddy drag by Amy Madigan. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for psycho
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psycho
Adjective
  • Names and backstories are different, but in Pynchon’s text, stoner pianist Zoyd Wheeler is taking odd jobs and government disability checks obtained by staging regular psychotic episodes, when federal agent Brock Vond drives him and his 14-year-old daughter Prairie from their home.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Lockjaw is Bob's psychotic, longtime nemesis, who is obsessed with finding him and his daughter.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t be mad, and don’t try to hold them back with guilt.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Karl turned on the headlights and got the windshield wipers going at a mad slap.
    Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The first game famously took thirst-trap renditions of the Greek pantheon and imbued each figure with an insane amount of charm.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Starting the competition off with a bang with the cape and then moving right into killing the athleisure [challenge] was just insane.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His talent, charisma, good humor and calmness in the face of what at times was nothing less than a maniacal roller coaster ride often brought a sense of peace that heartened everyone around him.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After all, calculators are more reliable than mental math.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has long questioned Biden's mental ability.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Psycho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psycho. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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