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noun

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Recent Examples of psycho
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 See All Example Sentences for psycho
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psycho
Adjective
  • 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
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • These are psychopaths, and their behavior should not be tolerated, and their actions should not be used to delegitimize peaceful demonstrators.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
  • Harlan finally gets to meet the man running the show, Grady, and boy, oh boy, is that guy a raging psychopath.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • The fact that death itself is the protagonist, rather than some mask-wearing homicidal maniac, is what gives these films their morbid allure.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
  • And a perilous Purge situation flooding the streets with maniacs?
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But people who might be mad at the thought of gay prince are going to be mad regardless.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 June 2025
  • The abuse from Claude stopped only because Johnson got mad.
    Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Burgess and Shelby’s View Forecasting Trump’s decisions is always a fool’s errand, and his public statements on Wednesday only underscored his opaque approach.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 18 June 2025
  • Still, only a fool would underestimate the strength of a mom’s love.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • If 51% of the population is being so underserved, the ratio to opportunity is insane.
    Gemma Allen, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Psycho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psycho. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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