Bad / Crazy

adjective

1 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

deranged - Behaving in an uncontrolled or dangerous way because of mental illness

Charles Manson led a group of followers who became mentally deranged as a result of taking too many psychedelic drugs

adjective

2 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

delusional - Seeing or believing things that are not real

Betty was confident that she would be a millionaire by the time she would be 25, but her friends thought she was delusional.

adjective

3 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

nuts - Crazy, insane, or stupid, often in a humorous way

Bill's friends thought he was nuts for swimming in the middle of the winter.

adjective

4 of 25

Bad / Crazy

Url audio

delirious - In a disturbed state of mind, often due to illness or fever, leading to confusion and hallucinations.

After three sleepless nights, he was delirious and barely able to speak clearly.

noun

5 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

lunatic - A person who is crazy

Martha was a defensive driver, to be safer with regards to a possible lunatic behind the wheel of another car.

adjective

6 of 25

Bad / Crazy

Url audio

catatonic - Appearing to be in a daze or stupor; unresponsive, not moving or reacting.

His experiment with psychodelics left him in a catatonic state where he showed almost no emotion, and it that took years for him to recover.

adjective

7 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

bonkers - Mentally unbalanced, mad and crazy, usually meant humorously

There were many long stretches of time that Joan was cooped up in the house with her kids, and it was making her go bonkers.

noun

8 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

weirdo - A person whose dress or behavior seems strange

The weirdo kept peeking at everyone from behind the bushes.

noun

9 of 25

Bad / Crazy

Url audio

megalomaniac - Someone who has an unnaturally strong wish for power and control.

The dictator showed signs of being a megalomaniac even as a child, the way he bossed everyone around in the schoolyard.

adjective

10 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

hysterical - Having uncontrolled extreme emotion

When Amy found out that her house had been destroyed by the tornado, she broke down into hysterical crying, and could not be comforted for hours.

adjective

11 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

batty - Mad and slightly crazy, usually in a humorous way

The computer system wouldn't let Greg log on or change his password, and it was driving him batty.

adjective

12 of 25

Bad / Crazy

audio

berserk - To behave in a wild and uncontrolled way as a result of something unexpected happening.

When Anne found out that she had lost all her money as a result of stock fraud, she went berserk, running around the house, screaming and breaking dishes.