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- [sahy-kot-ik]
- /saɪˈkɒt ɪk/
- /saɪˈkɒt.ɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahy-kot-ik]
- /saɪˈkɒt ɪk/
Definitions of psychotic word
- adjective psychotic Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid. 1
- adjective psychotic Psychiatry. of or relating to psychosis: psychotic symptoms; psychotic delusion. 1
- adjective psychotic (loosely) mentally unstable: The man who threw a stone through the convenience store window must be psychotic. Synonyms: loony, crazy, nutty, nuts, bonkers; kooky, cuckoo, daft, batty, screwy, potty. 1
- adjective psychotic intensely upset, anxious, or angry; crazy: My dad gets so psychotic when I come home even a little bit late. Synonyms: crazed, furious, enraged, wrathful, irate, incensed, infuriated; livid, pissed off. 1
- noun psychotic Psychiatry. a person afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) psychopath, madman, maniac, lunatic. 1
- noun psychotic (loosely) someone who is mentally unstable: I always cross the street when I have to go past that homeless shelter; it's full of psychotics. Synonyms: nut, kook, cuckoo, loony, loon. 1
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Origin of psychotic
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-85; psych(osis) + -otic
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Parts of speech for Psychotic
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psychotic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
psychotic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for psychotic
noun psychotic
- antisocial personality — a personality disorder, beginning early in life, characterized by chronic and continuous antisocial behavior in which the rights of others are violated, as by lying, stealing, or aggressive sexual behavior.
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- clinical depression — depression in a patient that meets defined criteria and that is deemed to merit treatment
- dement — to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
adj psychotic
- around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- certifiable — If you describe someone as certifiable, you think that their behaviour is extremely unreasonable or foolish.
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- crackers — crazy; insane
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