schizy

variants or schizzy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizy
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • The men are outright paranoid, ducking down alleys or peering out of second-story windows.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • His hysterical and paranoid tenor made this easy to dismiss as excuse-making for his difficulties governing in his first term and his myriad legal problems.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Gerber gives quirky life to Jane Jr.’s neurotic sensitivity.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.
    Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • After Cornell's burial on the farm, a disturbed Dr. Wilbur revealed to Durfee what Cornell had told him: Avery had assaulted her at a camp meeting that August.
    Melissa Gray, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Many clients are anxious and disturbed, not only because relatives’ flights have been canceled, but because of other actions the administration has already taken to clamp down on immigration.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In the past, Jamil has openly discussed her own journey recovering from anorexia and disordered eating.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.
    Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
Adjective
  • Again, the answer lies in the collective mindset of reality TV, whose fans are highly tolerant of aberrant behavior and quick to forgive missteps.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • But the more people speak up against such aberrant behavior, the more likely those who are inclined toward violence will be persuaded that engaging their fellow citizens nonviolently is the more patriotic course of action.
    Reuben E. Brigety II, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2020
Adjective
  • Similarly, a 2019 study in JAMA Psychiatry followed 579 New Zealand children over three decades and found that children exposed to lead were more likely to grow up to have anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, or substance abuse issues.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
  • All of it stems from the obsessive-compulsive disorder Gonzalez has lived with his entire life, from childhood to now being a kicker for the Washington Commanders.
    Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Schizy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizy. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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