insane
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
- Used by or relating to insane people.
- Causing insanity or madness.
- Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.
- Extremely good; incredibly amazing.
- Enraged; furious.
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈseɪn/
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Word forms
insane
more insane
insaner
most insane
insanest
Etymology
From Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sānus (“sound, sane”), equivalent to in- + sane.
Synonyms
5150
bananas
barking
barking mad
buggish
buggy
bughouse
barmy
batchy
batpoop
bats
batty
bonkers
bread baskets
cracked
crackers
cra-cra
cray
cray-cray
crazed
crazy
crazy as a bedbug
crazy as a cootie
crazy as a cootie bug
crazy as a pet coon
cuckoo
daffy
daft
demented
deranged
distraught
disturbed
doolally
dotty
eccentric
fruit loops
gaga
hatstand
harebrained
insane
kooky
loon
loco
loony
loony tunes
loopy
lunatic
mad
mental
mentally ill
meshigener
meshugge
moonsick
nerts
non compos mentis
nonsane
nucking futs
nut job
nutballs
nut
Related words
insanity
a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
a half bubble off plumb
a few clowns short of a circus
a few fries short of a Happy Meal
a few spanners short of a tool box
away with the fairies
crazy as a shithouse rat
cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
driving on three wheels
few cards short of a full deck
few cards shy of a full deck
few sandwiches short of a picnic
few X short of a Y
have a geranium in the cranium
have a screw loose
have bats in one's belfry
have static in the attic
have strudel in the noodle
his driveway doesn't go all the way to the road
insane in the membrane
losing marbles
nobody home
no longer in possession of one's faculties
not all there
not have both oars in the water
not playing with a full deck
not running on all cylinders
not right in the head
off one's box
off one's chump
off one's head
off one's hinges
off one's nut
off one's rocker
off one's tree
off one's trolley
off the deep end
off the planet
off the rails
one brick short of a full load
one card shy of a full deck
one fry short of a Happy Meal
out of one's box
out of one's gourd
out of one's head
out of one's cotton-picking mind
out of one's mind
out of one's skull
out of one's tree
out of one's wits
out there
round the bend
round the twist
stark raving mad
stark staring mad
stark staring bonkers
the cheese has slid off one's cracker
three fries short of a Happy Meal
three stops short of Dagenham
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