| Main Entry: | nuts/nutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally deranged |
Synonyms: |
absurd, batty, bedlamite, cracked, crazy, daffy, daft, demented, eccentric, enthusiastic, foolish, gung ho, harebrained, insane, irrational, keen, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, out of one's mind, ridiculous, touched, unusual, wacky*, warm, zealous |
Antonyms: |
balanced, calm, sane, well |
| Main Entry: | nuts |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
Synonyms: |
bananas, batty, bonkers, demented, deranged, eccentric, insane, loco, loony, mad, nutty, touched, wild |
| Main Entry: | balmy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insane |
Synonyms: |
absurd, bugged out, cracked, crazed, crazy, daft, deranged, dotty, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, loony, mentally incompetent, moronic, nuts, nutty, odd, potty, preposterous, silly, stupid, wacky |
Antonyms: |
balanced, rational, sane, sensible |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | daffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, crazy |
Synonyms: |
clownish, crackers, daft, demented, deranged, dotty, foolish, goofy loony, nuts, nutty |
| Main Entry: | daft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid; crazy |
Synonyms: |
absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, cracked, crackers, daffy, demented, deranged, dopey, flaky*, foolish, fried, giddy, half-baked, idiotic, in the ozone, inane, insane, lunatic, mad, mental*, nuts, nutty, off the wall, out of one's gourd, ridiculous, screwy, silly, simple, touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacky, whacko, witless |
Antonyms: |
brainy, bright, intelligent, smart, understanding |
| Main Entry: | deranged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
Synonyms: |
ape, baked, bananas, berserk, cracked, crazed, delirious, demented, disarranged, disconcerted, disordered, displaced, distracted, dotty, flipped, flipped out, frantic, frenzied, fried, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniac, maniacal, nuts, perplexed, schizzo, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unscrewed, unsettled, unsound, unzipped, whacko |
Antonyms: |
balanced, calm, ok, sane |
| Main Entry: | distraught |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, worked-up |
Synonyms: |
addled, agitated, anxious, beside oneself, bothered, concerned, confused, crazed, crazy, discomposed, distracted, distrait, distressed, flustered, frantic, harassed, hysterical, in a panic, like a chicken with its head cut off, mad, muddled, nonplussed, nuts, out of one's mind, overwrought, perturbed, rattled, raving, shook up, thrown, tormented, troubled, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, wild, worried |
| Notes: | distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted' |
Antonyms: |
calm, gladdened, happy, pleased, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | dotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
Synonyms: |
absurd, daft, demented, disturbed, eccentric, foolish, goofy*, loony, mentally unbalanced, nuts, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, twisted, unconventional, weird |
| Main Entry: | frenzied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
Synonyms: |
agitated, berserk, convulsive, corybantic, delirious, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, nuts, rabid, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, controlled |