out of one's mind

English

Alternative forms

• out of one's cotton-picking mind

Pronunciation

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Adjective

out of one's mind

1. (idiomatic) Insane, crazy.

   You're out of your mind if you think you can jump that far.

2. (idiomatic) Temporarily mentally unstable; very distressed.

   When you didn't phone home, we were out of our minds with worry.

Synonyms

• (crazy): off one's head, out of one's box, out of one's gourd, out of one's head, out of one's skull, out there
• See also Thesaurus:insane.

Antonyms

• (temporarily distressed): in one's right mind
• See also Thesaurus:sane.

Related terms

• wrongminded
• (crazy, temporarily distressed): lose one's mind

Translations

insane

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發瘋／发疯 (zh) (fāfēng), 发疯 (zh) (fāfēng)

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• Finnish: järjiltään
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• Hungarian: nincs eszénél, meg van őrülve, elment az esze
• Latin: dēmens, impos animī
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• Spanish: fuera de la mente de uno, como una cabra, como las maracas de Machín

distressed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憂慮／忧虑 (zh) (yōulǜ), 忧虑 (zh) (yōulǜ)

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• Finnish: sekaisin (fi)
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• Hungarian: majd megőrül
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