psychopath vs screwball

psychopath

noun
  • A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts. 

  • A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses. 

  • A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder. 

  • A person with no moral conscience. 

screwball

noun
  • One who behaves in a crazy manner. 

  • A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher. 

adj
  • Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. 

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