WikiSaurus:insane

insane

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1 Adjective 1 1.1 Colloquialisms or slang 1.1.1 Expressions 1.1.2 Similes 1.2 Taboo slang 1.1 WikiSaurus / Thesaurus Links

Adjective 1

describing a person's state of mind, or a concept or idea, or possibly an action

• disturbed
• mad
• mentally disturbed

Colloquialisms or slang

• bananas
• barking
• barking mad
• barmy
• bats
• batty
• bonkers
• crackers
• crazy
• cuckoo
• doolally (British)
• dotty
• harpic
• loony
• loopy
• mental
• nuts
• nutty
• potty
• screwy
• whacko
• weird

Expressions

• has a
  • few kangaroos loose in the top paddock - (Australia)
  • screw loose
• off one's head
• off one's trolley
• off the planet - (Australia)
• off with the fairies
• round the twist
• stark raving mad
• stark staring bonkers

Similes

• mad as a hatter
• mad as a March hare
• nutty as a fruit cake

Taboo slang

WikiSaurus / Thesaurus Links

• Noun - see WikiSaurus:mad person
• Noun - see

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  4 Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

  4.1 Division I. Formation of Ideas

  Section V. Results Of Reasoning

  503. Insanity

  504. Madman

• Macquarie Concise Thesaurus - MAD