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Another word for lunatic

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Adjective

  1. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness

    Idioms:
    See also:

    sane

  2. So senseless as to be laughable

    See also:

    knowledge

    ability

Noun

  1. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy

    See also:

    wise

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Another word for lunatic

Modifier

  1. Insane

    See also:

    insane

  2. Foolish

    See also:

    stupid

Noun
  1. See also:

    neurotic

    madman

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Sentence Examples

  • He's a raving lunatic out there right now.

  • The Western Lunatic Asylum at Hopkinsville was founded in 1848.

  • She didn't seem like the lunatic kind.

  • The town possesses few buildings of any note, but government house, the law-courts, the gaol, the lunatic asylum and the HongKong and Shanghai Bank are exceptions, as also is the cathedral of St Andrew.

  • The county lunatic asylum is situated here.

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