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Thesaurus entry: insane
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insane
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adjective
1.
she was declared insane
synonyms
: mentally ill, mentally disordered, of unsound mind, certifiable; psychotic, schizophrenic; mad, deranged, demented, out of one's mind, non compos mentis, unhinged, unbalanced, unstable, disturbed, crazed;
informal
crazy, (stark) raving mad, not all there, bushed, bonkers, cracked, psycho, batty, cuckoo, loony, loopy, loco, nuts, screwy, bananas, crackers, wacko, off one's rocker, out of one's tree, around the bend, mad as a hatter, buggy.
antonym:
sane.
2.
insane laughter
synonyms
: maniacal, psychotic, crazed, hysterical.
antonym:
normal.
3.
an insane suggestion
synonyms
: foolish, idiotic, ...
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Thesaurus entry: stupid
The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus;
565 words
... ... injudicious; inane, absurd, ludicrous, ridiculous, laughable, risible, fatuous, asinine, mad, insane, lunatic; informal crazy, dopey, cracked, half-baked, dimwitted, cockeyed, harebrained, lamebrained, nutty, batty, cuckoo, loony, loopy ...
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