Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon.
synonym: lunatic.
Roget 503:
insane,
mad,
lunatic,
loony [Coll.];
crazy,
crazed,
aliene†,
non compos mentis;
not right,
cracked,
touched;
bereft of reason;
all possessed,
unhinged,
unsettled in one's mind;
insensate,
reasonless,
beside oneself,
demented,
daft;
phrenzied†,
frenzied,
frenetic;
possessed,
possessed with a devil;
deranged,
maddened,
moonstruck;
shatterpated†;
mad-brained,
scatter brained,
shatter brained,
crackbrained;
touched,
tetched [Coll.];
off one's head.
[behavior suggesting insanity]
maniacal;
delirious,
lightheaded,
incoherent,
rambling,
doting,
wandering;
frantic,
raving,
stark staring mad,
stark raving mad,
wild-eyed,
berserk;
delusional,
hallucinatory.
[behavior somewhat resembling insanity]
corybantic†,
dithyrambic;
rabid,
giddy,
vertiginous,
wild;
haggard,
mazed;
flighty;
distracted,
distraught;
depressed;
agitated,
hyped up;
bewildered
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
mad as a March hare,
mad as a hatter;
of unsound mind
etc.
n.;
touched in one's head,
wrong in one's head,
not right in one's head,
not in one's right mind,
not right in one's wits,
upper story;
out of one's mind,
out of one's wits,
out of one's skull [Coll.],
far gone,
out of one's senses,
out of one's wits;
not in one's right mind.
fanatical,
infatuated,
odd,
eccentric;
hypped†,
hyppish†;
spaced out [Coll.].
imbecile,
silly,
etc.
499.
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Roget 870:
surprised
etc.
v.;
aghast,
all agog,
breathless,
agape;
open-mouthed;
awestruck,
thunderstruck,
moonstruck,
planet-struck;
spellbound;
lost in amazement,
lost in wonder,
lost in astonishment;
struck all of a heap,
unable to believe one's senses,
like a duck ion thunder.
wonderful,
wondrous;
surprising
etc.
v.;
unexpected
etc.
508;
unheard of;
mysterious
etc.
(inexplicable)
519;
miraculous.
indescribable,
inexpressible,
inaffable†;
unutterable,
unspeakable.
monstrous,
prodigious,
stupendous,
marvelous;
inconceivable,
incredible;
inimaginable†,
unimaginable;
strange
etc.
(uncommon)
83;
passing strange.
striking
etc.
v.;
overwhelming;
wonder-working.
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