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brain·sick

(brān′sĭk′)

adj. Archaic

Of, relating to, or induced by a mental disorder.

brain′sick′ly adv.

brain′sick′ness n.

brainsick

(ˈbreɪnˌsɪk)

adj

(Psychiatry) relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad

ˈbrainˌsickly adv

ˈbrainˌsickness n

brain•sick

(ˈbreɪnˌsɪk)

adj.

insane; crazy; mad.

[before 1000]

brain′sick`ly, adv.

brain′sick`ness, n.

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Adj.

brainsick - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

crazy, demented, unhinged, unbalanced, mad, sick, disturbed

insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

brainsick

adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

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