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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | bananas, bemused, crackbrained, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out, foolish, frenzied, fruity, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake, out of one's gourd, out of one's tree, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy, schizoid, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unsound, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible |
| Main Entry: | maniac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | Section 8, bedlamite, bigot, crackpot, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake, freak, fruitcake, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, madperson, nut*, nutcase, psycho, psychopath, schizoid, screwball, zealot |
| Notes: | a maniac is an insane person, while manic means affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | psychopath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is mentally deranged, often prone to hurt others |
| Synonyms: | antisocial personality, insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, mental case, nutcase, psycho, psychotic, schizoid, sociopath, unstable personality |
| Main Entry: | sociopath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychopath |
| Synonyms: | antisocial personality, crazy person, deranged person, insane person, lunatic, mad person, maniac, psycho, psychotic, schizoid |
| Main Entry: | off the wall |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarrely unusual |
| Synonyms: | absurd, crazy, curious, daft, different, eccentric, flaky, kinky, kooky, nonconforming, not tightly wrapped, nuts, nutty, odd, oddball, off-center, out in left field, outlandish, peculiar, queer, schizo, schizoid, strange, unconventional, unpredictable, wacky, weird, wigged out |
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