псих — meaning in English

English meaning

• crazy adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
• fruitcake noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
• loony adj Crazy or mentally unstable.
• lunatic noun A person regarded as insane or wildly irrational (now considered old-fashioned and offensive as a clinical term).
• nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
• psycho noun An informal, often derogatory term for someone perceived as mentally disturbed or dangerously unstable.
• psychopath noun A person with a severe personality disorder marked by manipulation, lack of empathy, and disregard for others' safety or rights.

Senses

псих is used for these senses in English:

• crazy (slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
• fruitcake (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person. [from 1950s]
• loony (informal, offensive, derogatory) An insane or very foolish person.
• lunatic An insane person.
• nut (slang) A crazy person.

crazy — full definition

1. adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
2. adj Informal: extremely enthusiastic about or infatuated with someone or something.
3. noun Informal: an eccentric or irrational person.

fruitcake — full definition

1. noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
2. noun An eccentric or crazy person (informal).

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