English Explanatory Dictionary

psych

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Psychology or psychiatry.
  2. A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
  3. A psychiatric hospital; psychiatric treatment.
adj
  1. Psychedelic.
  2. Psychiatric.
verb
  1. To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
  2. To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
  3. To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
intj
  1. Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor.
  2. An interjection of surprised happiness.

Pronunciation

/saɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-psych.wav en-ca-psych.opus

Word forms

psych psychs sike syke more psych most psych psyching psyched

Etymology

Clipping.

Related words

psych- psyche psycho- psych verb

Derived words

evo-psych pop psych psych-fi psych folk geri-psych psych hospital psych ward outpsych psych out psych up
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