insane
Meanings
Adjective
- afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
- "was declared insane"
- "insane laughter"
Adjective Satellite
- very foolish
- "took insane risks behind the wheel"
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.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sānus (“sound, sane”), equivalent to in- + sane.
Synonyms
5150, apeshit, bananas, barking, barking mad, barmy, bat-shit, batchy, batcrap, batpoop, bats, batshit, batty, bonkers, bread baskets, buggish, buggy, bughouse, cra-cra, cracked, crackers, 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, fucked in the head, fucked up, gaga, harebrained, hatstand, insane, kooky, loco, loon, loony, loony tunes, loopy, lunatic, mad, mental, mentally ill, meshigener, meshugge, moonsick, non compos mentis, nonsane, nucking futs, nut, nut job, nutballs, nuts, nutso, nutter, nutty, off the beam, off the chain, over the edge, potty, psycho, psychoceramic, psychotic, ripshit, screwy, sicko, squirrelly, starkers, tonto, unbalanced, unsane, wackadoodle, weird, whackjob, whacko, whacky, wode, yampy, zany
Scrabble Score: 6
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