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| Main Entry: | unbalanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not even, stable |
| Synonyms: | asymmetrical, disproportionate, irregular, lopsided, off-balance, shaky, top-heavy, treacherous, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsteady, wobbly, asymmetric, not balanced, unsymmetrical |
| Antonyms: | balanced, even, fair, just, sound, stable |
| Main Entry: | unbalanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy; mentally disturbed |
| Synonyms: | batty*, daft, demented, deranged, eccentric, erratic, flaky*, insane, irrational, kinky*, lunatic, mad, non compos mentis*, nutty*, psychotic, touched, troubled, unhinged*, unsound, unstable, freaky, kooky, nobody home, not all there, out to lunch, unglued, unscrewed |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | asymmetrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven |
| Synonyms: | awry, crooked, unbalanced, unequal, disproportional, gibbous, lacking correspondence, not proportionate, not uniform, unsymmetrical |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | disoriented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused, unstable |
| Synonyms: | adrift, astray, bewildered, discombobulated, lost, mixed-up, off-course, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged, unsettled, all at sea, not adjusted, off-beam, out-of-joint |
| Antonyms: | balanced, settled, understanding, oriented, unpuzzled |
| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
| Synonyms: | absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | flighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fickle, irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, dizzy*, effervescent, empty-headed, featherbrained*, frivolous, giddy, harebrained*, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, lightheaded, lively, mercurial, scatterbrained, silly, thoughtless, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, volatile, whimsical, wild, airheaded, birdbrained, bubbleheaded, dingbat, dingdong, gaga, twit |
| Antonyms: | responsible |
* = 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 |
| 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: | balanced, calm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | giddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | brainless, capricious, careless, changeable, dizzy, empty-headed*, erratic, fickle, flighty*, frivolous, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded*, punchy*, reckless, scatterbrained*, skittish*, slaphappy*, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy*, bemused, bubbleheaded, changeful, ditzy, flustered, gaga, reeling |
| Antonyms: | calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haywire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; crazy |
| Synonyms: | amiss, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, insane, mad, messy, nuts, out of order, psycho, screwball*, screwy*, touched*, unbalanced, unhinged, wacky, amok, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, orderless, out of whack, out to lunch, schizo, unglued |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immoderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extreme |
| Synonyms: | egregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, profligate, steep, too much*, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled-for*, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustified, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton, dizzying, overindulgent, too-too, unmeasurable |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate, reasonable, restrained, justified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incongruous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of place; absurd |
| Synonyms: | alien, bizarre, conflicting, contradictory, discordant, disparate, distorted, divergent, extraneous, fantastic, fitful, foreign, illogical, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incoherent, incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable, irregular, jumbled, lopsided, rambling, twisted, unavailing, unbalanced, unbecoming, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unintelligible, unpredictable, unrelated, unsuitable, unsuited, disconsonant, inapropos, incongruent, mismatched, out of keeping, shifting |
| Antonyms: | compatible, congruous, consistent, corresponding, fitting, harmonious, matched, suitable, uniform |
| Main Entry: | inequitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfair |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, biased, discriminatory, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, unbalanced, unequal, unethical, uneven, unjust |
| Main Entry: | insolvent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | financially ruined |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, broke*, broken, in the red, indebted, lost, strapped*, unbalanced, undone, busted, failed, foreclosed, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, in receivership, on the rocks, out of money, taken to the cleaners, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | moneyed, rich, solvent, wealthy |
* = 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: | lopsided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leaning, falling to one side; larger on one side |
| Synonyms: | askew, asymmetrical, awry, cockeyed, crooked, disproportionate, irregular, off-balance, one-sided, squint, top-heavy, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, unsteady, disproportional, inclinatory, nonsymmetrical, out of shape, overbalanced, tilting, warped |
| Antonyms: | even, level, straight, unleaning |
| Main Entry: | manic/maniacal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overexcited, crazy |
| Synonyms: | berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, excited, frenzied, high*, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty*, psychotic, rabid, raving, unbalanced, up*, wild, flipped, flipped out, freaked out, freaky, turned-out |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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