insane

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈseɪn/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
  2. adjective very foolish

Etymology

From Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sānus (“sound, sane”), equivalent to in- + sane.

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Semantic network

Similar
non compos mentis, crazed, crackbrained, mentally ill
Opposite (antonyms)
sane

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