Synonyms for psych

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : sahyk

Phonetic Transcription : saɪk

Top 10 synonyms for psych

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Définition of psych

Origin : as a noun, short for psychology in various senses (e.g. as an academic study, in student slang by 1895). As a verb, first attested 1917 as "to subject to psychoanalysis," short for psychoanalyze. From 1934 as "to outsmart" (also psych out); from 1963 as "to unnerve." However to psych (oneself) up is from 1972; to be psyched up is attested from 1968.

As in psychology : noun study of the mind; emotional and mental constitution
As in mindset : noun psychology
As in incite : verb encourage, provoke
As in stir : verb incite, stimulate
As in trouble : verb bother, worry
As in upset : verb bother, trouble
As in boast : verb brag
As in agitate : verb disturb, trouble someone
As in fluster : verb upset, perturb
As in foretell : verb predict, warn

Example sentences :

He was one of these psych guys that thinks if you say it's so, it makes it so.
Extract from : « The Hated » by Frederik Pohl

Maybe it was that—but I was as confused as a mouse in a psych maze.
Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker

Would you mind if I spent an hour in Psych for reorientation?
Extract from : « Exploiter's End » by James Causey

I felt guilty over not going to Psych, but there just wasn't the time.
Extract from : « Exploiter's End » by James Causey

Bradshaw's psych check certainly hadn't hinted at any instability.
Extract from : « The Unprotected Species » by Melvin Sturgis

His psych teacher would be ashamed of him for muddling along so many days, believing in a theory that was so plainly impossible.
Extract from : « The Enormous Room » by Horace Leonard Gold

The psych boys were beginning to remind Malone of a semi-pro football team in rather unusual uniforms.
Extract from : « That Sweet Little Old Lady » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)

The psych man was wearing his Star Watcher helmet and had a B-gun strapped at his side.
Extract from : « What Rough Beast? » by Jefferson Highe

When I think of my wasted years in college and of how I was always going to take hold of Psych.
Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch

In general, spellings that appear more than once, such as Psyc- for Psych-, were assumed to be intentional.
Extract from : « Democritus Platonissans » by Henry More

Antonyms for psych

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