Antonyms for psych


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sahyk
Phonetic Transcription : saɪk


Definition 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

Synonyms for psych

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