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meshuga
adjective me·shuga \mə-ˈshu̇-gə\
Definition of MESHUGA
Variants of MESHUGA
me·shuga or me·shug·ge also me·shug·ah or me·shug·gah \mə-ˈshu̇-gə\
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Origin of MESHUGA
Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew mĕshuggāʽ
First Known Use: 1885
Related to MESHUGA
- Synonyms
- balmy, barmy [chiefly British], bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, insane (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
- Antonyms
- balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
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