Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for non compos mentis
Adjective
  • Marie, Andre, Jordan, and Emma put down the supe uprising, but then psychotic fascist Homelander showed up to condemn them as villains and herald the murderous Cate and Sam as top students and potential recruits for the thoroughly corrupt Seven.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Brown's attorneys had said Brown could at times appear psychotic.
    Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Is Hinako mad, or is the world around her mad?
    Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Many teammates were rightfully mad.
    Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 20 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
  • 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
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
  • Lifting the lid revealed a small tart topped with a tongue of Spanish sea urchin, resting on a nubbly bed of cancha nuts.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Broncos should not be nuts about the Bolts.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The only thing that may be crazier than the actual football life is this satirical comedy-drama that has more to do with a hedonistic existence than play-action passes.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And yet, the craziest thing to me is having a little autonomous robot doing my yard work.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
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“Non compos mentis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/non%20compos%20mentis. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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