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sicko

sicko

34 9.6
A person who acts in a disturbing, strange, or morally bad way
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪkoʊ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : enfermo
  • Isn't he a bit of a sicko?
  • a real sicko
  • a sex sicko
  • call me a sicko

I think they're absolute lowlife scumbags, sickos, psychopaths.

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Examples

  • One of these guys is a real sicko.

  • Some of the sickos you meet out here are worse than anything you'd ever meet in New York.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You know almost every sicko in this city.

  • Unfortunately, it's probably some sicko.

  • Back in the day, when you were going up against all those sickos?

  • That sicko's probably out there right now, staring at us from a distance.

  • There's some real sickos out there, man.

  • Some sicko who probably wasn't invited to any barbecues.

  • Bottom line, not all sickos are strangers; not all strangers are sickos.

    Blog text (21)
  • Authorities are warning residents about a sicko who has been vandalizing property in the neighborhood.

Synonyms

pervert
vssicko
  • Offensive
143 8.4

A person who behaves in a sexual way that most people find wrong

is broader, focusing on disturbing or immoral acts beyond sexual cases
weirdo
vssicko
  • Offensive
119 7.0

A person who acts in a strange or unusual way

is viewed as more disturbing or morally bad than merely unusual
perv
vssicko
  • Offensive
41 9.9

A person who behaves in a sexual way that makes others uncomfortable

is more general, covering disturbing or morally bad behavior beyond sexual acts
deviant
vssicko
  • Offensive
23 8.5

A person whose behavior is very different from what most people accept, often about sex

is more about disturbing or morally bad conduct in general
weirdie
vssicko
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who acts in a strange way that others find unpleasant

is more disturbing or morally wrong rather than just unpleasantly odd
total creepo
vssicko
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who makes other people feel uncomfortable or unsafe

includes moral badness beyond just causing unease

How Disturbing

monster
  • Offensive
470 3.3
pervert
  • Offensive
143 8.4
sicko
  • Offensive
34 9.6
creep
  • Offensive
314 6.8
oddball
  • Offensive
21 7.2

Surface Forms

sicko singular
sickos plural

Morphology

sicko = sick (semi-transparent) = sick + o

Formed from 'sick' + colloquial suffix '-o'; the derogatory person-labeling is straightforward but slangy and involves a pejorative sense shift.

Etymology

The word sicko comes from the English word sick, meaning 'ill' or 'wrong', plus the informal ending -o that makes a name for a person, as in weirdo. So a sicko is a person who is 'sick' in a disturbing or morally bad way.