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insane
Overview of adj insane
The adj insane has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (11) insane -- (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter")
2. (1) harebrained, insane, mad -- (very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains")
Grep of noun insane
insane asylum
insaneness
Antonyms of adj insane
2 senses of insane
Sense 1
insane (vs. sane)
sane (vs. insane)
=> compos mentis(predicate), of sound mind(predicate)
=> in his right mind(predicate), in her right mind(predicate), in their right minds(predicate)
=> lucid
Sense 2
harebrained, insane, mad
INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise
Similarity of adj insane
2 senses of insane
Sense 1
insane (vs. sane)
=> amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(predicate)
=> 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, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
=> certifiable, certified
=> crackbrained, idiotic
=> crazed, deranged, half-crazed
=> fey, touched(predicate)
=> hebephrenic, schizophrenic
=> lunatic, moonstruck
=> maniacal, maniac(predicate)
=> manic-depressive
=> maniclike
=> mentally ill, unsound, unstable
=> non compos mentis(predicate), of unsound mind(predicate)
=> paranoid
=> psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological
=> psychotic
=> raving, raving mad, wild
=> schizophrenic
=> screw-loose, screwy
Also See> irrational#1; unreasonable#1
Sense 2
harebrained, insane, mad
=> foolish (vs. wise)
Pertainyms of adj insane
Attributes of adj insane
Domain of adj insane
Domain Terms of adj insane
Familiarity of adj insane
insane used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj insane
insane
Grep of adv insane
insanely
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