Insane

//ɪnˈseɪn//

Synonyms for "insane" (323 found)

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Closest matches (65)

Strong matches (97)

Adjective(37 words)

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daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fantastic flooey fruit loops fucked in the head fucked up gaga harebrained hatstand

brainless bread baskets buffoonish buggy bughouse bugs cockeyed cook cranky cray cray cray credulous daffy dazed delirious deluded demoniac deprived of reason deranged dilly

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Adjective(1 words)

harebrained

Related words (161)

hysterical idiotic imbecile imbecilic improbable imprudent inane inept infatuated irrational irresponsible kinky loco loony tunes ludicrous maddened maniac manic manic depressive maniclike

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Adjective(56 words)

insane in the membrane kooky loco loon loony loony tunes loopy lunatic mad mad as a hatter mad as a march hare mental mentally ill meshigener meshugge mod moonsick non compos mentis nonsane not right in the head

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Adjective(1 words)

mad

Prep_phrase(2 words)

off one's box out of one's box

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More specific

2 entries

crazy as a fox crazy like a fox

Antonyms

2 entries

sane

Synonyms

48 entries

bananas barking barking mad barmy batcrap batpoop bats batshit batty bonkers bread baskets cook cracked crackers cray cray cray

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Related terms

74 entries

Appendix:Snowclones/few X short of a Y a few clowns short of a circus a few fries short of a Happy Meal a few spanners short of a tool box a half bubble off plumb a kangaroo loose in the top paddock away with the fairies becraze crazy as a shithouse rat cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs driving on three wheels few X short of a Y few cards short of a full deck few cards shy of a full deck few sandwiches short of a picnic have a geranium in the cranium

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derived

11 entries

drive someone insane general paralysis of the insane general paresis of the insane insane asylum insane in the membrane insanely insaneness insanery insaniac insanify noninsane

is a

2 entries

roller coaster video game

related to

7 entries

insanity irrational mad ridiculous sane unreasonable unsoundness

similar

87 entries

abnormal around bend around the bend balmy barmy bats batty bonkers brainsick buggy certifiable certified crackbrained

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Translations

210 translations across 70 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

i çmendur adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

μανικός adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Arabic

2 entries

مَجْنُون adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
مَخْبُول adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Armenian

1 entries

խելագար adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dəli adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Belarusian

3 entries

бязу́мны adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
душэўнахво́ры adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
шалёны adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Bengali

2 entries

দেওয়ানা adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
পাগল adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Bulgarian

4 entries

душевнобо́лен adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
луд adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
невменя́ем adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
невменя́ем adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)

Burmese

1 entries

ရူး adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Catalan

4 entries

boig adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
dement adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
foll adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
guillat adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Cebuano

1 entries

buang adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

瘋狂 /疯狂 adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
發狂 /发狂 adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
精神失常 adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
精神錯亂 /精神错乱 adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Czech

1 entries

šílený adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Danish

2 entries

sindssyg adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
sindssyg adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)

Dutch

4 entries

gekken adj (used by, or appropriated to, insane persons)
gestoord adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
gestoord adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
krankzinnigen adj (used by, or appropriated to, insane persons)

Esperanto

1 entries

freneza adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Estonian

3 entries

hull adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
hullumeelne adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
nõdrameelne adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Finnish

3 entries

hullu adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
hullu adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
mielenvikainen adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

French

4 entries

aberrant adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
chimérique adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
délirant adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
délirant adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)

Galician

2 entries

louco adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
tolo adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Georgian

4 entries

არანორმალური adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
გადარეული adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
გიჟი adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
სულიერად ავადმყოფი adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

German

3 entries

geisteskrank adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
verrückt adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
wahnsinnig adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Greek

4 entries

παράφρων adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
παράφρων adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
τρελός adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
τρελός adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)

Hebrew

1 entries

בלתי־שפוי adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Hindi

2 entries

दीवाना adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
पागल adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Hungarian

4 entries

bolond adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
bolond adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
elmebeteg adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
őrült adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Icelandic

1 entries

geðveikur adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Indonesian

3 entries

edan adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
gila adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
sinting adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Ingrian

1 entries

hullu adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Italian

4 entries

folle adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
folle adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
insano adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
pazzo adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Japanese

3 entries

気が狂った adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
狂しい adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
頭がおかしい adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Javanese

3 entries

edan adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
kentir adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
pekok adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Kazakh

2 entries

ақылсыз adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
есалаң adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Khmer

2 entries

ឆ្កួត adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
ឧម្មត្តកៈ adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Korean

1 entries

제정신이 아니다 adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жинди adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Lao

1 entries

ບ້າ adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Latin

3 entries

dēmēns adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
vēcors adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
īnsānus adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Latvian

3 entries

traks adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
vājprātīgs adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
ārprātīgs adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Lithuanian

2 entries

išprotėjęs adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
pamišęs adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Macedonian

1 entries

луд adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Malay

1 entries

gila adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Mongolian

2 entries

галзуу adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
солиотой adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Nepali

2 entries

पागल adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
बौलाहा adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sinnsyk adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Old English

1 entries

wōd adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

دلی adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
مجنون adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Pashto

2 entries

لېونی adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
مجنون adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Persian

2 entries

دیوانه adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
مجنون adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

domm adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
errsennich adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Polish

4 entries

jebnięty adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
obłąkany adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
pierdolnięty adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
pojebany adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Portuguese

4 entries

doido adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
débil mental adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
enlouquecedor adj (causing insanity or madness)
insano adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Romanian

4 entries

alienat adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
delirant adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)
dement adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
demențial adj (causing insanity or madness)

Russian

4 entries

безу́мный adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
душевнобольно́й adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
невменя́емый adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
невменя́емый adj (characterized by insanity or the utmost folly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bèzūman adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
lȗd adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
бѐзӯман adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
лу̑д adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Slovak

1 entries

šialený adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Slovene

1 entries

blazen adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Spanish

4 entries

alienado adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
chalado adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
chiflado adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
demencial adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Swedish

3 entries

galen adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
sinnessjuk adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
vansinnig adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Tagalog

1 entries

baliw adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Tajik

3 entries

девона adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
маҷнун adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
ҷиннӣ adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Thai

1 entries

บ้า adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྨྱོན་པ adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Turkish

1 entries

deli adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Ukrainian

4 entries

безу́мний adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
божеві́льний adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
душевнохво́рий adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
шале́ний adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Urdu

2 entries

دیوانہ adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
پاگل adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Uzbek

1 entries

jinni adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Vietnamese

3 entries

cuồng adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
điên adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
điên rồ adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Welsh

1 entries

gorffwyll adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Zazaki

2 entries

qudis adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)
xint adj (exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Hamlet acts as if he were insane.

Source: tatoeba (35095)

Are you insane for you to stay up all night playing cards?

Source: tatoeba (36915)

He went insane from the unhappy accident.

Source: tatoeba (44286)

The man must be insane.

Source: tatoeba (45275)

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