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Adjective

Mentally ill or unstable

Not fixed in place tightly or firmly

Wildly excited or uncontrolled due to worry or fear

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 go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane

Past tense for to put something out of its usual place

Past tense for to make feeble

Past tense for to put into a new position

Past tense for become extraordinarily upset

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Mentally ill or unstable

not the full shilling

round the bend

away with the fairies

not right in the head

up the pole

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

peculiar

sick

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

schizophrenic

crazy as a loon

flaky^UK

flakey^US

one card shy of a full deck

mixed-up

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

not in one's right mind

have bats in one's belfry

unwise

out-of-joint

severely mentally ill

have kangaroos in one's top paddock

having bats in the belfry

deprived of one's wits

over the edge

having a screw loose

having kangaroos in the top paddock

two sandwiches short of a picnic

as mad as a hatter

disorganized^US

not in your right mind

severely mentally disordered

surreal

inane

topsy-turvy

as mad as a March hare

off one's chump

one sandwich short of a picnic

thick as two short planks

giddy

not quite right

emotionally unstable

emotionally unbalanced

woolly^UK

bedeviled^US

not functioning properly

bedevilled^UK

wooly^US

traumatized^US

emotionally disturbed

traumatised^UK

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

stupidly irresponsible

beyond the bounds of possibility

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

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Not fixed in place tightly or firmly

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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

in a state of agitation

tearing one's hair out

like a chicken with its head cut off

riled

with one's stomach in knots

like a cat on a hot tin roof

bricking oneself

angstful

with butterflies in one's stomach

shaking in one's shoes

worried stiff

with one's heart in one's mouth

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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

raveled^US

ravelled^UK

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To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

put someone off their stroke

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

agonized^US

hurt somebody's feelings

tantalised^UK

put the fear of God into

agonised^UK

put the wind up someone

tantalized^US

paralysed^UK

made one's flesh creep

made someone jump out of their skin

hacked off

made one's blood run cold

made one's hair stand on end

made your blood run cold

paralyzed^US

pulled the rug out from under

turned off

incapacitated

scared someone out of their wits

scared the bejesus out of

weakened

made your hair stand on end

harrowed

struck terror into

caused someone to lose their composure

made someone feel nauseous

bugged up

debilitated

made it tough for

filled with consternation

setted someone back on their heels

chilled someone to the marrow

scared someone half to death

desolated

destabilised^UK

turned one's stomach

scared the daylights out of

got across

made someone scratch their head

made one sick

made someone want to throw up

buffaloed

scared the living daylights out of

mucked up

sent into a spin

caused anxiety

pulled the rug from under

given someone a hard time

gave someone a hard time

gotten across

gotten on someone's wick

got on someone's wick

given someone goose pimples

thrown into a panic

threw into a blue funk

given someone the heebie-jeebies

threw into a fright

given one the creeps

gave someone goose pimples

gave someone the heebie-jeebies

frozen your blood

thrown into a blue funk

thrown into confusion

thrown into disorder

thrown into uproar

put out of countenance

put someone off their stride

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

dishonoured^UK

dishonored^US

made someone eat humble pie

caused to be at a stand

put someone off

upset apple cart

put in a spot

put off his or her stride

balked^US

stopped someone in their tracks

took the wind out of someone's sails

furbelowed

made a monkey of

unzipped

knocked the stuffing out of

caught somebody off balance

taken the wind out of someone's sails

stumped

downplayed

took down a peg

caught somebody unawares

snarled

hung up

tripped

made someone eat crow

sent up

dizzied

thrown into tizzy

settled someone's hash

baulked^UK

took down a peg or two

tore down

taken down a peg or two

got one's comeuppance

gotten one's comeuppance

taken the wind out

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

galvanized^US

cavilled^UK

caviled^US

galvanised^UK

made a big thing out of

made a mountain out of a molehill

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Past tense for to cause to go crazy or insane

“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 your hackles rise

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 somebody up the wall

driven somebody up the wall

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Past tense for to go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane

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Past tense for to put something out of its usual place

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Past tense for to make feeble

immobilised^UK

immobilized^US

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

Verb

Past tense for to put into a new position

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Past tense for become extraordinarily upset

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