Thesaurus: insane

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1. a. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.
2. a. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
3. a. Causing insanity or madness.
4. a. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
5. adj. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
6. adj. very foolish
7. 1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2. 2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital. 3. Causing insanity or madness. [R.] Or have we eaten on the insaneroot That takes the reason prisoner Shak. 4. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc. I know not which was the insane measure. Southey.
8. j:100 a. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement