moonstruck

moon·struck

 (mo͞on′strŭk′) also moon·strick·en (-strĭk′ən)

adj.

1. Dazed or distracted with romantic sentiment.

2. Mentally deranged; crazy.

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[From the belief that the moon caused mental disorders.]

moonstruck

(ˈmuːnˌstrʌk) or

moonstricken

adj

(Psychiatry) deranged or mad

moon•struck

(ˈmunˌstrʌk)

also moon•strick•en

(-ˌstrɪk ən)

adj.

1. mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.

2. dreamily romantic or bemused.

[1665–75]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

moonstruck - insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon lunatic colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

moonstruck

also moonstricken
adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, 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.

Translations

lunatico

moonstruck

[ˈmuːnstrʌk] ADJ → chiflado

moonstruck

[ˈmuːnstrʌk] adj → fou(folle), dérangé(e)

moonstruck

[ˈmuːnˌstrʌk] adj → pazzo/a