| 单词 | insane |
| 释义 | insane (once / 375 pages) adj To be insane is to be mentally ill. This is also a slang word for acting wacky or wild. This word has two closely related meanings. People who are insane are suffering from mental illness, which is very serious. When someone commits a crime, it's important to know if they were sane or insane. If they're insane, the penalty is different. Many uses of the word are not so serious. A wild party is called insane, and car salesmen say their prices are insane. A teacher assigning six hours of homework might be told "That’s insane!" WORD FAMILYinsane: insanely, insaneness, insaner, insanest, insanity+/insanity: insanities/sane: insane, sanely, saneness, saner, sanest, sanity/sanity: sanities USAGE EXAMPLESDuring the U.S. election campaign, Trump described Merkel's refugee policies as "insane". Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) “We are now so far from that, it’s insane.” Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) They say 40-year-old Shawn Grate is not guilty of murder and other charges in Ashland County because he is insane. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement was declared insane insane laughter Syn|Ant irrational not consistent with or using reason unreasonablenot reasonable; not showing good judgment amok, amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessedfrenzied as if possessed by a demon around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whackyinformal or slang terms for mentally irregular brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhingedaffected with madness or insanity certifiable, certifiedfit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) crackbrained, idioticinsanely irresponsible crazed, deranged, half-crazeddriven insane fey, touchedslightly insane hebephrenicsuffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior lunatic, moonstruckinsane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon maniac, maniacalwildly disordered manic-depressivesuffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression maniclikeresembling the mania of manic-depressive illness mentally ill, unsound, unstablesuffering from severe mental illness non compos mentis, of unsound mindnot of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial paranoidsuffering from paranoia psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathologicalsuffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder psychoticcharacteristic of or suffering from psychosis raving mad, wildtalking or behaving irrationally schizophrenicsuffering from some form of schizophrenia screw-loose, screwynot behaving normally sane mentally healthy; free from mental disorder rationalconsistent with or based on or using reason compos mentis, of sound mindof sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial in her right mind, in his right mind, in their right mindsbehaving responsibly lucidhaving a clear mind 2adj very foolish took insane risks behind the wheel Syn harebrained, mad foolish devoid of good sense or judgment |
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