| obsession | | |
| n. (motive) | 1. compulsion, obsession | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.; "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly" |
| ~ irrational motive | a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic. |
| ~ onomatomania | obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. fixation, obsession | an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone. |
| ~ preoccupation | an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention. |
| obsess | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. ghost, haunt, obsess | haunt like a ghost; pursue.; "Fear of illness haunts her" |
| ~ preoccupy | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively.; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. obsess | be preoccupied with something.; "She is obsessing over her weight" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| insane | | |
| adj. | 1. insane | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| ~ irrational | not consistent with or using reason.; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals" |
| ~ unreasonable | not reasonable; not showing good judgment. |
| ~ amok, amuck, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed | frenzied as if possessed by a demon.; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" |
| ~ around the bend, balmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, barmy, fruity, loopy, nutty, wacky, whacky, cracked | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.; "it used to drive my husband balmy" |
| ~ brainsick, crazy, demented, unhinged, mad, unbalanced, sick, disturbed | affected with madness or insanity.; "a man who had gone mad" |
| ~ certifiable, certified | fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly). |
| ~ crackbrained, idiotic | insanely irresponsible.; "an idiotic idea" |
| ~ crazed, deranged, half-crazed | driven insane. |
| ~ fey, touched | slightly insane. |
| ~ hebephrenic | suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior. |
| ~ lunatic, moonstruck | insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon. |
| ~ maniac, maniacal | wildly disordered.; "a maniacal frenzy" |
| ~ manic-depressive | suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression. |
| ~ maniclike | resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness. |
| ~ mentally ill, unsound, unstable | suffering from severe mental illness.; "of unsound mind" |
| ~ non compos mentis, of unsound mind | not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial. |
| ~ paranoid | suffering from paranoia. |
| ~ psychopathic, psychopathologic, psychopathological | suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder. |
| ~ psychotic | characteristic of or suffering from psychosis. |
| ~ raving mad, wild | talking or behaving irrationally.; "a raving lunatic" |
| ~ schizophrenic | suffering from some form of schizophrenia.; "schizophrenic patients" |
| ~ screw-loose, screwy | not behaving normally. |
| adj. | 2. harebrained, insane, mad | very foolish.; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" |
| ~ foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment.; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" |
| mad | | |
| adj. | 1. huffy, mad, sore | roused to anger.; "stayed huffy a good while"; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ angry | feeling or showing anger.; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
| adj. | 2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged | affected with madness or insanity.; "a man who had gone mad" |
| ~ insane | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
| adj. | 3. delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" |
| ~ wild | marked by extreme lack of restraint or control.; "wild talk"; "wild parties" |
| rabid | | |
| adj. (pertain) | 1. rabid | of or infected by rabies. |
| adj. | 2. fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.; "rabid isolationist" |
| ~ passionate | having or expressing strong emotions. |
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