All insane synonyms
inΒ·sane
I i adj insane
- crazy β If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- irrational β without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
- paranoid β of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- nuts β insane; crazy.
- irresponsible β said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- senseless β destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
- idiotic β of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
- preposterous β completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- psychotic β Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- mad β mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- batty β If you say that someone is batty, you mean that they are rather eccentric or slightly crazy.
- bizarre β Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.
- deranged β Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
- cracked β An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged.
- crazed β Crazed people are wild and uncontrolled, and perhaps insane.
- cuckoo β A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
- daft β If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange.
- demented β Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
- fatuous β foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
- frenzied β wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
- impractical β not practical or useful.
- loony β lunatic; insane.
- lunatic β (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- maniacal β of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- mental β of or relating to the chin.
- moonstruck β mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- nutty β abounding in or producing nuts.
- psychopathic β of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- rabid β irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- raging β angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- raving β extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
- screwy β crazy; nutty: I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.
- touched β moved; stirred: They were very touched by your generosity.
- unhinged β having no hinge or hinges, or with the hinges removed: an unhinged gate.
- unsettled β not settled; not fixed or stable; without established order; unorganized; disorganized: an unsettled social order; still unsettled in their new home.
- wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- schizophrenic β Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- off one's rocker β Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- out of one's mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
adjective insane
- foolish β resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- silly β weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- stupid β lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- unreasonable β not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- ridiculous β causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- derailed β Cause (a train or trolley car) to leave its tracks accidentally.