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Insane

in‧sane / ɪnˈseɪn / adjective

1 informal completely stupid or crazy, often in a way that is dangerous :

That’s an insane risk.

The whole idea sounds absolutely insane to me.

Why did you do that? Have you gone insane ?

2 someone who is insane is permanently and seriously mentally ill so that they cannot live in normal society :

The killer was declared criminally insane.

3 the insane people who are mentally ill :

a hospital for the insane

4 drive somebody insane informal to make someone feel more and more annoyed or angry, usually over a long period of time SYN drive somebody mad :

My little brother’s been driving me insane all weekend.

— insanely adverb :

insanely jealous

She giggled insanely.

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