psychs
Gets inside heads
Psychs is the third-person singular verb form of psych, meaning to mentally prepare or intimidate.
To psych yourself up is to get mentally ready: She psyched herself up before the interview.
To psych someone out is to unnerve or intimidate them through psychological tactics: He tried to psych out his opponent before the match.
As a noun, psychs is informal for psychology courses or psychologists: I'm taking two psychs this semester.
Mental behavior specialist
- psychoanalystUnconscious mind specialist
- counselorOne who advises
- therapistMental health practitioner
- shrinkDecrease in size
analyst · clinician · mental health professional · practitioner · neuropsychologist
Disturb someone's composure
- unsettleCause unease or anxiety
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- rattleShaking sound maker
- spookApparition or frighten
faze · demoralize · shake · daunt · outwit · bluff · outsmart · outmaneuver
Extrasensory perception ability
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
ESP · insight · foresight · clairvoyance · telepathy · perception · divination · prescience
psychologist
Mental behavior specialist
- psychoanalystUnconscious mind specialist
- counselorOne who advises
- therapistMental health practitioner
shrink · analyst · clinician · mental health professional · practitioner · neuropsychologist
unnerve
Disturb someone's composure
- unsettleCause unease or anxiety
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- rattleShaking sound maker
spook · faze · demoralize · shake · daunt · outwit · bluff · outsmart · outmaneuver · outthink
sixth sense
Extrasensory perception ability
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
premonition · ESP · insight · foresight · clairvoyance · telepathy · perception · divination · prescience · extrasensory
figure out
Determine through reasoning
evaluate · deduce · diagnose · interpret · understand · study · examine · dissect · deconstruct · size up
pump up
Increase air pressure inside
rally · inspire · hype · gear up · encourage · empower · stimulate · spur · activate · arouse
psychsreassures
Restores another's confidence
encourages · calms · soothes · emboldens · steadies
psychshits
Blows or successes
overpowers · strong-arms · muscles · brute-forces · beats down
psychssurgeons
Doctors performing operations
physicians · GPs · internists · orthopedists · cardiologists
- psychedelic artHallucinogen-inspired visual style
- psychic readingClaimed supernatural insight session
- psych upMentally prepare oneself
- reverse psychologyUrging opposite of desired outcome
- psyched upMentally prepared, energized
- psych outUndermine through mental pressure
psychic, psyche, psyched, psychology, psych, psychedelic, psych out, psychiatrist, psychiatry