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1. Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
   "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
    
2. Very foolish
   "took insane risks behind the wheel"
   - harebrained, mad

Derived forms: insanest, insaner

See also: amok, amuck, around the bend, balmy [archaic], barmy, bats, batty, berserk, bonkers, brainsick, buggy [N. Amer], certifiable, certified, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, daft, daft as a brush [Brit], demented, demoniac, demoniacal, deranged, disturbed, dotty, dumb, fey, foolish, fruity, half-crazed, haywire, hebephrenic, idiotic, insanely, insaneness, insanity, irrational, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic-depressive, maniclike, mentally ill, moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, of unsound mind, paranoid, possessed, psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological, psychotic, raving mad, round the bend, round the twist [Brit], schizophrenic, screw-loose, screwy, sick, stupid, touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unreasonable, unsound, unstable, wacko, wacky, whacky, wild

Antonym: sane

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