psychotic
Psychiatry. relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting psychosis: a psychotic patient;psychotic symptoms;psychotic delusion.
(loosely) mentally unstable: The man who threw a stone through the convenience store window must be psychotic.
intensely upset, anxious, or angry;crazy: My dad gets so psychotic when I come home even a little bit late.
Psychiatry. a person afflicted with psychosis.
(loosely) someone who is mentally unstable: Her partner is a psychotic who often uses abusive language.
someone who exhibits extreme emotion or behavior: My brother turns into a complete psychotic whenever his team loses.
Origin of psychotic
1Other words for psychotic
1 | (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis |
2 | loony, crazy, nutty, nuts, bonkers; kooky, cuckoo, daft, batty, screwy, potty |
3 | crazed, furious, enraged, wrathful, irate, incensed, infuriated; livid, pissed off |
4 | (in nontechnical usage) psychopath, madman, maniac |
5 | nut, nutjob, kook, loony, loon |
6 | maniac, psycho |
Opposites for psychotic
Other words from psychotic
- psy·chot·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·psy·chot·ic, adjective
- sem·i·psy·chot·ic, adjective
- un·psy·chot·ic, adjective
Words that may be confused with psychotic
- neurotic, psychotic , schizoid, schizophrenic
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How to use psychotic in a sentence
I do not realize it at the time, but I am psychotically depressed.
I am psychotically devoted to sense and my possibly quaint idea of decency.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for psychotic
/ (saɪˈkɒtɪk) psychiatry /
of, relating to, or characterized by psychosis
a person experiencing psychosis
usage For psychotic
Derived forms of psychotic
- psychotically, adverb
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