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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; crazy |
| Synonyms: | amiss, amok, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, insane, mad, messy, nuts, orderless, out of order, out of whack, out to lunch, psycho, schizo, screwball, screwy, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | busted, coming unglued, coming unstuck, defective, disabled, down, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, gone, gone to pieces, gone to pot, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, ruined, run-down, screwed up, shot, spent, unsatisfactory, weak, wracked, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | fixed, unbroken, working |
| Main Entry: | confused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed up, disordered |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, topsy-turvy, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic |
| Main Entry: | flaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eccentric |
| Synonyms: | birdy, crazy, goofy*, half-cracked, haywire, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, screwy, unconventional, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on the blink |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working continuously |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, busted, defective, disabled, down, fallen apart, faulty, gone to pieces, haywire, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, kerflooey, not functioning, not working, on the fritz, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of commission, out of kilter, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, out of whack, run-down, shot, spent, wrecked |
| Main Entry: | upside-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overturned, inverted |
| Synonyms: | backward, bottom up, bottom-side-up, confused, disordered, downside-up, haywire, helter-skelter, in chaos, in disarray, jumbled, mixed-up, on head, reversed, tangled, topsy-turvy, upended, wrong way, wrong-side-up |
| Antonyms: | right-side-up |
| Main Entry: | out of order |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, faulty, haywire, in disrepair, inoperable, kerflooey, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of kilter, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | on the fritz |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in disrepair |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, faulty, haywire, inoperable, kerflooey, malfunctioning, not working, on the blink, on the bum, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | higgledy-piggledy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, helter-skelter, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, top |
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