A psychopath is someone who has serious mental problems and who may act in a violent way without feeling sorry for what they have done.
She was abducted by a dangerous psychopath.
Synonyms: disturbed person, unbalanced person More Synonyms of psychopath
psychopath in British English
(ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ)
noun
a person with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts
Also called: sociopath
Derived forms
psychopathic (ˌpsychoˈpathic)
adjective
psychopathically (ˌpsychoˈpathically)
adverb
psychopath in American English
(ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ; ˈsaɪkəˌpæθ)
noun
a person suffering from a mental disorder; specif., psychopathic personality