insane

adjective

/ɪnˈseɪn/

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(informal) very stupid, crazy or dangerous
- I must have been insane to agree to the idea.
see also insanity
Extra Examples
- It seems insane to cut the budget now.
- The whole idea is quite insane.
- It was an insane risk to take.
Topics Dangerc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
- …
See full entry
(informal) extremely annoyed; angry
- This job is driving me insane.
- She was driving me insane with her constant chatter.
(formal or old-fashioned) seriously mentally ill and unable to live in normal society
- Doctors certified him as insane.
- The prisoners were slowly going insane.
opposite sane
Which Word? Talking about mental health
Talking about mental health
- Do not use the words mad or crazy to describe somebody who is suffering from a real mental illness. Say instead that somebody has mental health issues/problems or is mentally ill:
  I have experienced mental health issues since the age of 14.
  a charity that helps mentally ill people live independently
- Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has mental health issues because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences:
  He works with emotionally disturbed children.
- Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used to describe somebody suffering from a serious mental illness and unable to live in normal society:
  The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime?
  However, insane is more often used in informal English to describe somebody who is not suffering from a mental illness, but whose mind does not work normally, especially because they are under pressure. This meaning is used in the phrases go insane and drive somebody insane.
Extra Examples
- He is criminally insane, unable to stop himself attacking women.
- He later became insane and was confined to an asylum.
- He was clearly insane.
- He went almost insane when he heard that his daughter had died.
- In 1975 she was certified clinically insane and sent to a mental hospital.
- She claimed she was temporarily insane during the attack.
- The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime?
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
- …
See full entry
the insane
noun [plural] (old-fashioned) people who are insane
- a hospital for the insane
More Like This Plural adjectival nouns
Plural adjectival nouns
- the blind
- the deaf
- the destitute
- the dead
- the dying
- the elderly
- the faithful
- the homeless
- the injured
- the insane
- the jobless
- the middle aged
- the old
- the poor
- the rich
- the sick
- the squeamish
- the wealthy
- the wicked
- the wounded
- the young

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin insanus, from in- ‘not’ + sanus ‘healthy’.

单词	insane
释义	insane adjective /ɪnˈseɪn/ /ɪnˈseɪn/ jump to other results (informal) very stupid, crazy or dangerous I must have been insane to agree to the idea. see also insanity Extra Examples It seems insane to cut the budget now. The whole idea is quite insane. It was an insane risk to take. Topics Dangerc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look seem … adverb absolutely completely quite … See full entry (informal) extremely annoyed; angry This job is driving me insane. She was driving me insane with her constant chatter. (formal or old-fashioned) seriously mentally ill and unable to live in normal society Doctors certified him as insane. The prisoners were slowly going insane. opposite sane Which Word? Talking about mental healthTalking about mental health Do not use the words mad or crazy to describe somebody who is suffering from a real mental illness. Say instead that somebody has mental health issues/problems or is mentally ill: I have experienced mental health issues since the age of 14. a charity that helps mentally ill people live independently Disturbed can be used to describe somebody who has mental health issues because of very unhappy or unpleasant experiences: He works with emotionally disturbed children. Insane is a formal or old-fashioned term used to describe somebody suffering from a serious mental illness and unable to live in normal society: The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime? However, insane is more often used in informal English to describe somebody who is not suffering from a mental illness, but whose mind does not work normally, especially because they are under pressure. This meaning is used in the phrases go insane and drive somebody insane. Extra Examples He is criminally insane, unable to stop himself attacking women. He later became insane and was confined to an asylum. He was clearly insane. He went almost insane when he heard that his daughter had died. In 1975 she was certified clinically insane and sent to a mental hospital. She claimed she was temporarily insane during the attack. The question is, was the man insane when he committed the crime? Topics Personal qualitiesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look seem … adverb absolutely completely quite … See full entry the insane noun [plural] (old-fashioned) people who are insane a hospital for the insane More Like This Plural adjectival nounsPlural adjectival nouns the blind the deaf the destitute the dead the dying the elderly the faithful the homeless the injured the insane the jobless the middle aged the old the poor the rich the sick the squeamish the wealthy the wicked the wounded the young Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin insanus, from in- ‘not’ + sanus ‘healthy’.
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