Bonkers and Psycho

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Bonkers adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.

Usage example: spent her last years as a totally bonkers recluse in a decaying mansion

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Psycho and bonkers are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Psycho" instead the word "Bonkers" as an adjective or a noun.

Psycho adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.

Usage example: only someone who is totally psycho could have committed such a heinous crime

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Bonkers and psycho are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bonkers" instead an adjective "Psycho".

Norman Bates, as the titular psycho of Psycho, has very cute mannerisms and verbal tics (nibbling candy, giggling, stuttering, saying "sorry" and "gee") and his boy-next-door looks don't hurt anything, but none of it changes the fact that he's completely bonkers.

Source: Cute and Psycho
While overlaps with Psycho for Hire and Sociopathic Soldier are possible, they are very rare due to the stereotype that sociopaths are less on the emotionless and more on the totally bonkers side.

Source: Cold Sniper

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