Meaning of INSANE
| Pronunciation: | | in'seyn
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- [adj] afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
- [adj] very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
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| | Synonyms: | | amok, amuck, around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, berserk, bonkers, brainsick, buggy, certifiable, certified, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, daft, demented, demoniac, demoniacal, deranged, distracted, disturbed, dotty, fey, foolish, fruity, half-crazed, harebrained, haywire, hebephrenic, idiotic, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, lunatic, mad, maniac(p), maniacal, manic-depressive, maniclike, mentally ill, moonstruck, non compos mentis(p), noncompos mentis(p), nuts, nutty, of unsound mind(p), paranoid, possessed(p), psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological, psychotic, raving, raving mad, round the bend, schizophrenic, screw-loose, screwy, sick, touched(p), unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, unstable, wacky, whacky, wild |
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| | Antonyms: | | sane | | |
| | See Also: | | irrational, unreasonable | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sane"\, a. [L. insanus. See {In-} not, and {Sane}.]
1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad;
deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See {Insanity},
2.
2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane
hospital.
3. Causing insanity or madness. [R.]
Or have we eaten on the insaneroot That takes the
reason prisoner ? --Shak.
4. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical;
unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
I know not which was the insane measure. --Southey.
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| | Related Terms: | | abnormal, absurd, apish, asinine, at fever pitch, batty, bedlamite, befooled, beguiled, bereft of reason, besotted, bonkers, brainless, brainsick, buffoonish, buggy, bughouse, bugs, certifiable, cockeyed, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, cranky, crazed, crazy, credulous, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dazed, delirious, deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged, disordered, disoriented, distraught, dizzy, doting, dotty, dull, dumb, eccentric, fanatical, fatuitous, fatuous, febrile, feverish, flaky, flighty, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fruity, fuddled, furious, futile, gaga, goofy, gulled, hallucinated, hectic, hysteric, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, inept, infatuated, irrational, irresponsible, kinky, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniac, maniacal, manic, maudlin, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, mindless, moon-struck, moronic, neurotic, non compos, non compos mentis, nonsensical, not all there, not right, nuts, nutty, odd, of unsound mind, off, out of it, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, perfervid, potty, psycho, psychoneurotic, psychotic, queer, quirky, reasonless, reckless, ridiculous, round the bend, sappy, scatterbrained, schizo, schizoid, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, sentimental, sick, silly, spaced out, spacy, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, stupid, tetched, thoughtless, touched, ultrazealous, unbalanced, unhinged, unrealistic, unsane, unsettled, unsound, wacky, wandering, wet, wild, witless |
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