It is essential to keep calm in a time of crisis and avoid going haywire.
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Haywire
//ˈheɪ.waɪɚ//
Synonyms for "haywire" (111 found)
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35 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изперкал adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- калпав adj (roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit)
- нахвърлян adj (roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit)
- побъркан adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Danish
1 entries- amok adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Esperanto
1 entries- senbrida adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Finnish
3 entries- karkeatekoinen adj (roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit)
- oikutteleva adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- paalauslanka noun (wire used to bind bales of hay)
French
1 entries- broche à foin adj (roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit)
German
3 entries- drunter und drüber adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- durcheinander adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- Bindedraht noun (wire used to bind bales of hay)
Hungarian
4 entries- bedilizik adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- elromlik adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- kiborul adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- megbolondul adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Italian
2 entries- confuso adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- impazzito adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Polish
2 entries- chaotycznie adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- w cały świat adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Russian
3 entries- беспоря́дочный adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- ненорма́льный adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- вяза́льная про́волока noun (wire used to bind bales of hay)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- spetljano adj (roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit)
- uneređeno adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- šlampavo adj (roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit)
Spanish
3 entries- caótico adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- fuera de control adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
- irse la olla adj (behaving erratically or uncontrollably)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The drunkard had too much to drink; he has gone haywire.
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The robot's guidance system has gone haywire. It keeps bumping into walls.
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Tom went haywire.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.