unhinged - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | unhinged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demented |
| Synonyms: | bananas, batty*, berserk, bonkers*, confused, crazed, crazy*, deranged, disturbed, insane, loopy, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, mental*, out of one's mind, out to lunch, touched*, unbalanced |
| Antonyms: | sane, stable |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | insane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally ill; foolish |
| Synonyms: | batty*, bizarre, cracked*, crazed, crazy, cuckoo*, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck, nuts*, nutty*, of unsound mind, off one's rocker, out of one's mind, paranoid, preposterous, psychopathic, psychotic, rabid, raging, raving, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, touched, unhinged, unsettled, wild |
| Notes: | inane means silly, lacking significance or insubstantial; insane means mentally deranged, mad or very foolish |
| Antonyms: | balanced, healthy, rational, reasonable, sane, sound, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | psychotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally deranged |
| Synonyms: | certifiable, crazy, demented, distracted, flipped-out, insane, lunatic, mad, manic-depressive, mental, non compos mentis, nuts*, off one's rocker, over the edge, psycho, psychopathic, schizophrenic, sick, unbalanced, unhinged* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | topsy-turvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed-up |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, cockeyed, confused, disheveled, disjointed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, jumbled, messy, muddled, pell-mell*, riotous, tangled, tumultous/tumultuous, unhinged, untidy, upside-down, upturned, cluttered, disarranged, dislocated, downside-up, inside-out, inverted, littered, luxated, overturned, upended |
| Antonyms: | ordered, organized, straight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well; flimsy |
| Synonyms: | ailing, crazed, dangerous, decrepit, defective, delicate, demented, deranged, diseased, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fragile, frail, ill, illogical, inaccurate, incongruous, incorrect, infirm, insane, insecure, insubstantial, invalid, lunatic, mad, rickety, shaky, specious, unbalanced, unhealthy, unhinged, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial, unwell, weak, wobbly, flawed, in poor health, not solid, tottering, unbacked |
| Antonyms: | safe, sound, stable, strong, well |
| 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: | 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: | loose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not tight; unconstrained |
| Synonyms: | apart, asunder, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, flabby, flaccid, floating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, limp, movable, released, separate, slack, sloppy, unattached, unconnected, undone, unfettered, unhinged, unlocked, unrestrained, unrestricted, untied, wobbly, at large, liberated, loosened, not fitting, relaxed, slackened, unbolted, unbound, unbuttoned, uncaged, unclasped, unconfined, unfastened, unhooked, unlatched, unpinned, unsecured, unshackled |
| Antonyms: | restricted, taut, tight, constrained |
| 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: | queer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | odd; abnormal |
| Synonyms: | anomalous, atypical, bizarre, crazy, curious, demented, disquieting, doubtful, droll, dubious, eccentric, eerie, erratic, extraordinary, fishy*, flaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irrational, irregular, kinky*, mad, mysterious, oddball, off the wall, outlandish, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, questionable, remarkable, shady, singular, strange, suspicious, touched, unbalanced, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unhinged, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, wacky*, weird, fly ball, freaky, kooky, outré |
| Antonyms: | normal, regular, typical, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | touched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | batty*, bizarre, bonkers*, cuckoo*, daft, eccentric, fanatic, flighty, insane, neurotic, not all there, not right, nuts*, nutty*, obsessed, out of one's mind, peculiar, pixilated, queer, unhinged |
| Antonyms: | ok, sane, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | psychologically disturbed |
| Synonyms: | crazy, cuckoo*, demented, disturbed, insane, loony*, mentally ill, neurotic, nuts*, psychopathic, psychotic, unhinged |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, sound |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb, trouble someone |
| Synonyms: | alarm, argue, arouse, bug*, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on*, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, incite, inflame, move, perturb, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on*, unhinge*, upset, ventilate*, work up*, worry, bug up, burn up*, get to*, make flip, psych, push buttons |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, soothe, not bother |
* = 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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