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| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally imbalanced |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, bewildered, confused, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, deviant, deviate, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, flipped, flipped out, hallucinatory, incoherent, insane, irrational, lightheaded, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, off one's head, out of one's head, out of one's skull, rambling, raving, unhinged, unreasonable, unsettled, wandering |
| Antonyms: | balanced, collected, normal, sane |
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; very happy |
| Synonyms: | beside oneself*, crazy, delighted, drunk*, ecstatic, enthused, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, intoxicated, mad, overwrought, rabid*, rapturous, thrilled, transported, wild, carried away, corybantic |
| Antonyms: | unhappy, unexcited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beside oneself |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a panic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, berserk, bothered, carried away, crazed, delirious, demented, distraught, distressed, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, insane, mad, out of one's mind, out of one's wit, overwrought, rattled, raving, shook up, unbalanced, unhinged, upset, very upset, worked-up |
| Main Entry: | demented |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deranged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | ape*, baked*, berserk, cracked*, crazed, delirious, demented, disconcerted, disordered, displaced, distracted, dotty*, frantic, frenzied, fried*, irrational, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, nuts*, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged*, unsettled, unsound, bananas, disarranged, flipped, flipped out, loco, maddened, schizzo, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ecstatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy, blissful |
| Synonyms: | beatific, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enthusiastic, fervent, floating, frenzied, gone*, high*, joyful, joyous, mad, on cloud nine*, out, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic, sent, sunny, thrilled, tickled pink*, transported, upbeat, wild, athrill, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, flying high, in exaltation, in seventh heaven, pleased as punch, ravished, tickled to death, turned on |
| Antonyms: | sorrowful, troubled, unhappy, despaired, tormented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | febrile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feverish |
| Synonyms: | delirious, fiery, flushed, hot, inflamed, fevered, hallucinatory, pyretic |
| Antonyms: | cold, freezing, frigid |
| Main Entry: | frantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed, distracted |
| Synonyms: | agitated, angry, at wits' end, berserk, beside oneself*, corybantic, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out, fraught, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered*, hot under the collar*, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, insane, keyed up, mad, out of control, overwrought, rabid, raging, raving, shook up, spazzed out, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, violent, weird, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired*, worked up, zonkers |
| Notes: | frantic (from Latin phrenecticus 'frenetic') pertains to a mental state or condition, to a frame of mind, whereas that of frenetic pertains rather to a type of behavior or conduct |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, docile, peaceful, tranquil |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frenetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maniacal |
| Synonyms: | delirious, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, furious, insane, mad, overwrought, rabid, unbalanced, wild, wired*, corybantic, furibund, hyper, in a lather, lost it, obsessive, phrenetic, unscrewed, weirded out, wigged out |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frenzied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, delirious, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, nuts*, rabid, wild, convulsive, corybantic |
| Antonyms: | calm, controlled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hysterical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, excited |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, furious, impassioned, impetuous, incensed, irrepressible, mad, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, carried away, convulsive, fuming, in a fit, maddened, seething, unnerved, worked up |
| Antonyms: | calm, serene, controlled |
| Main Entry: | irrational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illogical, senseless |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, brainless, crazy, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky*, foolish, incoherent, injudicious, insane, invalid, loony*, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, raving, ridiculous, silly, specious, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, unthinking, unwise, wacky*, wild, wrong, cockamamie, freaky, kooky, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, unreasoning |
| Antonyms: | logical, rational, reasonable, reflective, sensible, sound, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | light-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly; feeling faint |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained*, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, hazy, punchy*, rocky, scatterbrained*, shallow, superficial, swimming, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy*, gaga, reeling, swimmy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sober, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | ape, barmy, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daffy*, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, flaky, flipped out, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental*, nuts, nutty, out of one's mind, out to lunch, psycho, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rabid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry; maniacal |
| Synonyms: | berserk, bigoted, bitten, crazed*, crazy, delirious, deranged, enthusiastic, extreme, extremist, fanatical, fervent, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hot*, infuriated, insane, intemperate, intolerant, irrational, keen, mad, narrow-minded, nutty*, obsessed, poisoned, radical, raging, revolutionary, sick*, ultra, violent, virulent, wild, zealous, corybantic, flipped, foaming at the mouth, freaked out, mad-dog, overboard, sizzling, smoking, steamed up, ultraist |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vehement |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate, opinionated |
| Synonyms: | angry, ardent, concentrated, delirious, desperate, eager, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, exquisite, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, furious, hearty, heated, hot*, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intense, lively, potent, powerful, pronounced, rabid, strong, terrible, vicious, violent, wild, zealous, hopped up, hyper, on the make |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, indifferent, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lightheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly |
| Synonyms: | changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty-headed, faint, featherbrained, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, hazy, inane, light-headed, punchy, rocky, scatterbrained, shallow, superficial, swimming, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy, bird-brained, gaga, reeling, swimmy |
| Antonyms: | gloomy, miserable |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally strange |
| Synonyms: | ape, barmy, bats in the belfry, batty, berserk, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, dingy*, dippy, erratic, flaky, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, fruity, idiotic, insane, kooky, lunatic, mad, mad as a March hare*, mad as a hatter, maniacal, mental*, moonstruck, nuts, nutty, nutty as fruitcake, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, out of one's tree, out to lunch, potty, psycho, round the bend, schizo, screw loose, screwball*, screwy*, silly, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged*, unzipped, wacky |
| Antonyms: | balanced, realistic, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, absurd, bananas, batty, crazed, cuckoo*, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, distracted, fantastic, foolhardy, foolish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, illogical, imprudent, invalid, irrational, kooky, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mental, non compos mentis, nonsensical, nutty*, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, preposterous, psychotic, rabid, raving, senseless, unbalanced, unhinged, unreasonable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, wacky* |
| Antonyms: | balanced, ok, rational, reasonable, sane, sound |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intoxicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely happy |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, beside oneself, concerned, delirious, dizzy, drunk, ecstatic, elated, excited, exhilarated, high*, infatuated, interested, moved, sent, stimulated, captivated, enraptured, euphoric, galvanized, piqued, quickened, turned-on |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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