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Recent Examples of psychotic Consumption may increase manic and psychotic symptoms, and there may be a greater risk of suicide. Gary Stix, Scientific American, 29 Nov. 2022 The traditional anti-psychotic Haldol for example can cause severe Parkinson’s symptoms in patients with Lewy body dementia, but not in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022 Stories started getting a little more gothic and grittier, the longtime villains a little more unstable and psychotic. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022 There was also a small, but worrisome risk of being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or delusional thinking. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for psychotic
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Adjective
  • Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The emu egg—a two pound, eight-inch ovoid with a sultry teal shell gently speckled in pale green—seemed like just the right absurdist final flourish for an already insane endeavor.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Aquarius: Doctor Octopus, aka Doc Ock Doctor Octopus, a multi-armed maniacal menace who's regarded as one of Spider-Man's most infamous enemies, aligns with Aquarius.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • College campuses, after all, cannot and should not be anarchic free speech zones where any maniacal provocateur like Milo Yiannopoulos can come and deliver an outrageous address designed to do nothing other than generate controversy without any pushback.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Later in the film, François Arnaud plays a dreamy/nightmare client, matching her gentleness with mad intensity, while giving their scenes together a charge that carries the film into its frenzied conclusion with bold poise.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • So Lex Luthor, his oldest foe and my favorite, transitions from a mad scientist at this time to the corporate man, the importance of him and capitalist power.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Based on Roth’s fictitious trailer of the same name that appeared in Grindhouse (2007), Thanksgiving takes place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where a masked maniac terrorizes the residents one year after a Black Friday riot ended in tragedy.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 May 2025
  • And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The job of working in a prison comes with serious mental and physical health risks.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The pop culture universe became significantly less demented on Friday when Barret Hansen, aka Dr. Demento, announced his retirement after 55 years of playing novelty songs on the airwaves.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
  • Like an orchestra led by some demented conductor, the clocks begin announcing themselves around 2 in the afternoon.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 16 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

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“Psychotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychotic. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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