- 1. a. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2. Source: opted
- 2. a. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital. Source: opted
- 3. a. Causing insanity or madness. Source: opted
- 4. a. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc. Source: opted
- 5. adj. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. very foolish Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 8. j:100 a. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement Source: ecdict
Home / Dictionary / insane
insane
Thesaurus links
Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.