as in insane
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
The identity of the psychotic criminal remains a puzzle.
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Recent Examples of psychotic
Thank god because the Special pitch was, said with love to my younger self, psychotic.
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Ryan O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
Leaving people with serious, untreated psychotic illnesses to publicly deteriorate isn’t compassion in the slightest.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The risk of a psychotic disorder rose fourfold when highly potent weed was used daily, the study found.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Clinicians and researchers have documented cases of people developing psychotic symptoms after extended chatbot use — for instance, believing that the AI is sentient or personally connected to them.
—Marc Augustin, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
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Ryan O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
Leaving people with serious, untreated psychotic illnesses to publicly deteriorate isn’t compassion in the slightest.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The risk of a psychotic disorder rose fourfold when highly potent weed was used daily, the study found.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Clinicians and researchers have documented cases of people developing psychotic symptoms after extended chatbot use — for instance, believing that the AI is sentient or personally connected to them.
—Marc Augustin, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for psychotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychotic
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After eighteen months of crisis that saw historic urban fires, harassment by federal immigration authorities, and the generalized anxiety that attends a place where rents are high and services low, public transit inadequate and gas prices insane, the city’s vitality is flagging.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Lots of wires, lots of insane stunts.—
Entertainment Weekly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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John Boyega's ex-Stormtrooper Finn and Han are brothers from another mother, Oscar Isaac's pilot Poe is as cool and refreshing as a tall glass of blue milk, and Adam Driver's Kylo does his best Vader impression as a maniacal villain with some serious emotional issues.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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No, Kenny Atkinson insisted a bug was taking his voice, not the Detroit Pistons and this maniacal Game 5 victory.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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The next morning, my feet began to itch like mad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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None of that would've been possible without the vision that Clay Travis laid out to me early in 2020 as the world was about to go mad.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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That atmosphere was felt by the crew throughout the 140-day shoot, which required intense physical and mental endurance from everyone.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
8 June 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg and Barack Obama, for example, both became known for paring down everyday decisions—famously, their wardrobes—to conserve mental energy for the calls that matter.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Which is psycho, absolutely psycho.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 May 2026
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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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The awards and their accompanying speeches are the best promotional tools potential winners have in their arsenal, especially in an era when Broadway economics have gotten crazier by the year.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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The world is crazy right now, so how does Paul Rudd unwind?—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
8 June 2026
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But then, like some demented jack-in-the-box, the terrier popped up and charged again.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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And his demented majesty has no intention of going gentle into that good night.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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How to Eat For the healthiest option, choose plain nuts sans added salt or sugar, says Cleveland.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
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Expect something absolutely nuts to happen in the next five and a half weeks.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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“Psychotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychotic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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