psychopathic
/ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or having the characteristics of a psychopath, especially a lack of empathy, guilt, or conscience.
- The defendant showed psychopathic tendencies during the evaluation.
- The doctor explained that psychopathic traits often appear in early adolescence.
- His psychopathic behavior included lying, manipulation, and cruelty to animals.
- Extremely cruel, violent, or reckless in a way that suggests a lack of normal human feeling.
- The plan was so dangerous it seemed almost psychopathic.
- The dictator's psychopathic disregard for human life shocked the world.
- She gave him a psychopathic stare that made everyone in the room uncomfortable.
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