insane (a)

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type a
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def afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
examples was declared insane
insane laughter
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Also see irrational; unreasonable
Derivationally related form insane → insaneness
Derivationally related form insane → insanity
Antonym insane → sane
Similar to amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p); balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky; brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged; certifiable, certified; crackbrained, idiotic; crazed, deranged, half-crazed; fey, touched(p); hebephrenic; lunatic, moonstruck; maniacal, maniac(p); manic-depressive; maniclike; mentally ill, unsound, unstable; non compos mentis(p), of unsound mind(p); paranoid; psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological; psychotic; raving mad, wild; schizophrenic; screw-loose, screwy
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Also see abnormal, unnatural
Antonym sane → insane
Similar to amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p); balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky; brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged; certifiable, certified; crackbrained, idiotic; crazed, deranged, half-crazed; fey, touched(p); hebephrenic; lunatic, moonstruck; maniacal, maniac(p); manic-depressive; maniclike; mentally ill, unsound, unstable; non compos mentis(p), of unsound mind(p); paranoid; psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological; psychotic; raving mad, wild; schizophrenic; screw-loose, screwy
Derived from adjective insanely → insane
Derivationally related form insanity → insane
Derivationally related form insaneness → insane

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