round the bend

ADJECTIVE

crazy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insane kooky mad nuts nutty silly wacky

STRONG

ape berserk cuckoo lunatic potty psycho screwball

WEAK

barmy bats in the belfry batty bonkers cracked crazed daft delirious demented deranged dingy dippy erratic flaky flipped flipped-out freaked-out fruity idiotic mad as a March hare mad as a hatter maniacal mental moonstruck nutty as fruitcake of unsound mind out of one's mind out of one's tree out to lunch screw loose screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged unzipped

Antonyms

STRONGEST

balanced calm collected rational reasonable sane sound

WEAK

realistic responsible sensible

Example Sentences

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When it reaches the right side of the track, you see it round the bend and then start moving right to left.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2023

The women who went back to their partners drove some of the staff round the bend.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 12, 2019

That EP, called just 7 for the number of its tracks, came galloping round the bend last night.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2019

It wasn't a big ride round the bend like at Trent Bridge, it was more like a spot of dressage.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2015

They round the bend, and Vanessa’s lead is becoming clear.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen