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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"It just drives me round the bend" when people blast out videos, music and films on public transport, the 73-year-old says.

From BBC

You can almost hear Johnny Cash sing: “I hear that train a-comin’, it’s rolling ’round the bend, and they ain’t seen the World Series since I don’t know when.”

From Seattle Times

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

"I was going well round the bend, but tightened up and lost my footing a bit and it was downhill from there."

From BBC

"I feel confused because I felt fine coming in, but when I was going round the bend my legs just stopped corresponding with me," Asher-Smith told BBC Sport.

From BBC

round the bend

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