Wikisaurus:insane
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
[edit] Sense: exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Colloquialisms or slang
[edit] Idioms
- (be mad):
- Her running wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead. (Circle temple with finger)
- twelve units shy of a bachelor's degree
- a few sandwiches short of a picnic
- have a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock (Australia)
- have a screw loose
- have bats in one's belfry
- have bats in the belfry
- off one's head (British)
- off one's trolley (British)
- off the planet (Australia)
- away with the fairies
- round the twist
- nobody home (often accompanied with the gesture of a finger tapping a head)
- round the bend
- stark raving mad
- stark staring bonkers
- off their rocker
- not playing with a full deck
- three fries short of a Happy Meal
- a few electrons short of an atom
- no longer in possession of one's faculties
- not running on all cylinders
- a loose cannon (implies dangerous behavior)
- wired wrong
[edit] Similes
[edit] Taboo slang
- bat-shit
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
- “insane” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- Macquarie Concise Thesaurus - MAD
