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psychotic
adjective psy·chot·ic \sī-ˈkä-tik\
: having or relating to a very serious mental illness that makes you act strangely or believe things that are not true : relating to or suffering from psychosis
Full Definition of PSYCHOTIC
: of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis <a psychotic patient> <psychotic behavior>
— psychotic noun
— psy·chot·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of PSYCHOTIC
circa 1890
Related to PSYCHOTIC
- Synonyms
- balmy, barmy [chiefly British], bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, insane, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
- Antonyms
- balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
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