insane adj

insane adj
Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

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  • insane — [ ɛ̃san ] adj. • 1784; angl. insane, lat. insanus 1 ♦ Littér. Qui n est pas sain d esprit; qui est contraire à la saine raison, au bon sens. ⇒ absurde, fou, insensé. « Le culte du Démon n est pas plus insane que celui de Dieu » (Huysmans). Des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • insane — (adj.) 1550s, from L. insanus mad, insane; outrageous, excessive, extravagant, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sanus well, healthy, sane. Originally only of persons; of actions, from 1842. Cf. LUNATIC (Cf. lunatic); and It. pazzo insane,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • insane — [adj] mentally ill; foolish batty*, bizarre, cracked*, crazed, crazy, cuckoo*, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck*, nuts*,… …   New thesaurus

  • insane — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ It seems insane to cut the budget now. ▪ become, go ▪ He later …   Collocations dictionary

  • insane — adj. insane to + inf. (it was insane of him to risk everything) * * * [ɪn seɪn] insane to + inf. (it was insane of him to risk everything) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • insane — [in sān′] adj. [L insanus] 1. not sane; mentally ill or deranged; demented; mad: not a technical term: see INSANITY ☆ 2. of or for insane people [an insane asylum] 3. very foolish, impractical, extravagant, etc.; senseless insanely adv …   English World dictionary

  • insane — in·sane adj: affected with insanity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. insane I …   Law dictionary

  • insane — adj 1. crazy, crazed, mad, demented, lunatic, deranged; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis; psychotic, schizophrenic, Sl. schizo; daft, Inf. daffy, unbalanced, touched, Inf. unglued, Inf. half baked, Brit. Sl. bonkers, unhinged,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • insane — adj. 1 not of sound mind; mad. 2 colloq. extremely foolish; irrational. Derivatives: insanely adv. insaneness n. insanity n. (pl. ies). Etymology: L insanus (as IN (1), sanus healthy) …   Useful english dictionary

  • insane — [[t]ɪnse͟ɪn[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu v link ADJ Someone who is insane has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange. Some people simply can t take it and they just go insane... Agnes was a battered… …   English dictionary

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