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Insane

Insane Meaning & Definition
Insane Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insane?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insane: 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

Related Terms | Find terms related to Insane: 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

See Also | irrational | unreasonable

Insane In Webster's Dictionary

\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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