psycho Definition
psycho (sī′kō)
adjective, noun pl. -·chos
Informal psychotic, psychopathic, psychopath, and, earlier, psychoneurotic
psycho* Synonyms
psycho Usage Examples
Converse of object
- go: For Angel to go psycho again the next time you give him a happy?
- play: Good at playing psycho - terrible at making it plausible that he could get by in the real world unnoticed.
- see: Now, I've seen some movie psychos in my time but this... Blimey!
Adjective modifier
- French: This is the only album put out by these French psychos, a classic and solid piece of French Psychobilly history.
- pure: Max Zorin was a pure psycho and that's what made him a great villain!
- complete: Came across as a complete psycho, but is probably a much different person off the pitch.
Modifies a noun
- thriller: They can turn my witty romantic comedy into a psycho thriller or a cartoon.
- killer: The psycho killer drags a blade across a woman's face, the camera recording every grisly detail.
- babble: MATTHEWS: Well, now we get into some psycho babble right up front.
- fan: Karen: yeah DJ: are you the psycho fan from Tampa?
- therapy: There, in the scientific journals, was clear proof that ' optimum nutrition ' produced results better than drugs and psycho therapy combined.
- intervention: A selection of psycho educational interventions were employed for this purpose.
Used with adjective complement
go: When she came home last night I went psycho.
Noun used with modifier
- gun-toting: Together with a supporting cast of coked-up gun-toting psychos, they inhabit a god-forsaken society where violence is the glue that binds everything together.
- screen: Take a plane full of the biggest screen psychos doing the rounds today.
- school: Or unless you get a kick out of getting a kicking from your old school psycho.
Browse dictionary entries near psycho
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