PSYCHOPATHIC Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

psychopathic

adjective

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Recent Examples of psychopathic Because Justine has written thrillers with psychopathic characters, the ways the Mortons raise their kids — with absolute loyalty and zero empathy — were designed by her. — Scott Westerfeld, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Like a mercantile colony, all Putin has is a lot of land, raw materials, and psychopathic propaganda. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 23 May 2026 In 2014, the Ig Nobel Prize in psychology went to a trio of researchers who found that people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, more manipulative and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early in the morning. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 Does anyone want to check the trunk of MacKinnon's car for ropes or bottles of bleach, because this is something a psychopathic killer would do. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for psychopathic

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Adjective

Matching the sociopathic charm and menace of Tom Ripley is a tall order, and Ehrenreich is a fantastic match for it.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Some saw this reaction as sociopathic, but its extremity was the very point.

— Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of sociopathic

Adjective

Part of what fueled the ups and downs was the sense that Paul Baker is genially open to whatever life might throw at him — a personality type engineered to drive the acting-out Issa and the neurotic Anton to distraction.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
He is admittedly relieved that Skarsgård was able to bring alive Bill’s gentle, yet neurotic nature.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of neurotic

Adjective

The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.

— Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024

Definition of schizoid

Adjective

The bald guy lecturing me on how to get the money looked real enough, but the question of his true being kept rattling around my increasingly paranoid mind.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Hill became increasingly paranoid and developed delusions that she was being surveilled.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of paranoid

Adjective

The manuscript Wayne read to us that night chronicled his involvement with Gloria Swanson, the towering star of Hollywood’s Golden Age who enjoyed latter-day acclaim in 1950 playing a delusional has-been in Sunset Boulevard.

— Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
O’Donnell’s characters are usually fresh out of divorces and staying afloat on waves of delusional self-confidence and optimism.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

No consistent associations stood out for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and associations between infections and ADHD could also be accounted for by other relationship factors.

— Mike McRae September 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
These tics often come and go, change over time and may occur along with attention problems, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive behaviors.

— Michael Okun, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

Adjective

Bossy’s direction raises the clamorous volume instead of sorting out the disordered structure or digging into the unexamined silences.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
About 6% of women across all age groups live with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, and that figure climbs to 20% or higher after menopause, according to research on sleep-disordered breathing.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

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