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Adjective

Mentally ill or unstable

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

Wildly excited or uncontrolled due to worry or fear

Not fixed in place tightly or firmly

Having lost one's direction

In a state of confusion

To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

Past tense for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state

Past tense for to cause to go crazy or insane

Past tense for to cause to become angry

Past tense for to put a body part, such as a bone or joint, out of its usual place

Past tense for to become mentally worked up or unhinged

Past tense for to put into a new position

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Adjective

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Mentally ill or unstable

not the full shilling

round the twist

away with the fairies

not right in the head

eccentric

up the pole

frantic

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not in your right mind

one card shy of a full deck

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

severely mentally ill

zany

emotionally unstable

emotionally unbalanced

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

emotionally disturbed

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

having kangaroos in the top paddock

severely mentally disordered

two sandwiches short of a picnic

as mad as a March hare

topsy-turvy

one sandwich short of a picnic

thick as two short planks

not functioning properly

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“His unhinged language suggested that persecution mania had briefly deranged him.”

Adjective

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Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

away with the fairies

not the full shilling

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

flakey^US

flaky^UK

dead from the neck up

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Adjective

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Wildly excited or uncontrolled due to worry or fear

at the end of your tether

not knowing what to do with oneself

driven to distraction

knock-down-and-drag-out

tearing one's hair out

like a chicken with its head cut off

woolly^UK

wooly^US

untrammeled^US

like Piccadilly Circus

hell broke loose

wild with excitement

blissed out

in transports of delight

packed

on a high

heaving

in a frenzy of delight

full to bursting

jam-packed

bursting at the seams

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Adjective

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Not fixed in place tightly or firmly

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Adjective

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Having lost one's direction

woolly^UK

bedeviled^US

wooly^US

bedevilled^UK

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

in a state of confusion

had their heads messed with

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

caused to be at a stand

having lost one's bearings

going round in circles

having lost one's way

off the right track

made to scratch their head

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Adjective

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In a state of confusion

disheveled^US

dishevelled^UK

unorganized^US

unorganised^UK

like a dog's breakfast

without law and order

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

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Verb

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To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

put someone off their stroke

terrorized^US

agonized^US

terrorised^UK

agonised^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

tantalized^US

made one's blood run cold

tantalised^UK

scared to death

made a scene

made one's hair stand on end

flipped

caused anxiety to

put the fear of God into

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

made one's flesh creep

chilled to the marrow

pulled the rug out from under

turned off

incapacitated

scared someone out of their wits

gotten at

keyed up

scared the bejesus out of

caused someone to lose their composure

made someone feel nauseous

filled with consternation

hectored

made flip

setted someone back on their heels

knocked for six

scared witless

teared

made someone jump out of their skin

scared someone half to death

desolated

scared the daylights out of

made someone scratch their head

fouled up

made someone want to throw up

scared the living daylights out of

pulled the rug from under

gave someone goose pimples

gave someone the heebie-jeebies

gave one the creeps

given someone goose pimples

frozen your blood

thrown into a blue funk

threw into a blue funk

froze your blood

given someone the heebie-jeebies

sweat

put in a spot

put someone off their stride

scared the pants off of

separated

had an adverse effect on

rubbed the wrong way

made someone jump out of his skin

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

went against the grain

stricken down

gone against the grain

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Past tense for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state

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Past tense for to cause to go crazy or insane

drove you out of your mind

driven you out of your mind

come apart at the seams

fell apart at the seams

came apart at the seams

gone bonkers

went crazy

fallen apart at the seams

drove round the bend

drove someone off their head

driven someone off their head

driven round the bend

went off the deep end

gone off the deep end

came unglued

gone nuts

lost one's mind

gone out of your mind

had breakdown

went off one's rocker

went nuts

became psychotic

dissolved into tears

gone off one's rocker

went out of your mind

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“The stress of war temporarily unhinged him.”

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Past tense for to cause to become angry

drove you to distraction

driven you to distraction

drove you round the bend

driven you round the bend

drove you round the twist

driven you round the twist

made somebody's hackles rise

made someone see red

wound up

drove to distraction

driven to distraction

drove you off your head

driven you off your head

got your hackles up

gotten your hackles up

drove you out of your mind

driven you out of your mind

made somebody's blood boil

drove up the wall

driven up the wall

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Past tense for to put a body part, such as a bone or joint, out of its usual place

Verb

Past tense for to become mentally worked up or unhinged

Verb

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Past tense for to put into a new position

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