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Definitions for insane
ɪnˈseɪnin·sane
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Princeton's WordNet
insaneadjective
afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
"was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
harebrained, insane, madadjective
very foolish
"harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
Wiktionary
insaneadjective
Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.
insaneadjective
Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
insaneadjective
Causing insanity or madness.
insaneadjective
Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
Etymology: From insanus, from +.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Insaneadjective
Mad; making mad.
Etymology: insanus, Latin.
Were such things here as we do speak about?
Or have we eaten of the insane root,
That takes the reason prisoner? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
Wikipedia
Insane
Insane is a song by British band Texas and was the fifth and final single to be released from their fourth studio album White on Blonde. It was released as a double A-side with "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" in 1998. The song was later included on their 2000 compilation album The Greatest Hits.
ChatGPT
insane
Insane refers to a state of severe mental illness or mental disorder, characterized by a significant impairment in one's ability to think, reason, or perceive reality. It is often marked by unpredictable or irrational behavior, delusions, hallucinations, or an inability to function in society.
Webster Dictionary
Insaneadjective
exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2
Insaneadjective
used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital
Insaneadjective
causing insanity or madness
Insaneadjective
characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc
Etymology: [L. insanus. See In- not, and Sane.]
Wikidata
INSANE
INSANE is a proprietary INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine developed at LucasArts, primarily by programmer/game designer Vincent Lee. Using custom video compression technology, it greatly compresses moving images so that high quality full-screen videos can be displayed even in hi-res graphics modes on the PC. An early version was first developed for Star Wars: Rebel Assault, and was followed by a much enhanced version in Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire and then in Full Throttle, Outlaws, and The Dig. It was also used in the 1998 games Star Wars: Droid Works, Mysteries of the Sith, and Mortimer and The Riddles of the Medallion, and its compression technology was incorporated into Star Wars: Behind the Magic, Star Wars Episode I - Insider's Guide, and Jar Jar's Journey Adventure Book. The use for Full Throttle caused some problems since INSANE was intended to be photorealistic, contrasting to the general cartoony feeling. The rendered environment had to be scaled down to match to the rest of the game world. Later enhancements were made to the compression technology to optimize it for the cartoon style imagery used in Outlaws.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Insane
in-sān′, adj. not sane or of sound mind: crazy: mad: utterly unwise: senseless: causing insanity—(Shak.) 'insane root,' prob. hemlock or henbane.—adv. Insane′ly.—ns. Insane′ness, insanity: madness; Insa′nie (Shak.) insanity; Insan′ity, want of sanity: an alteration in all or any of the functions of the brain, unfitting a man for affairs, and rendering him dangerous to himself and others: madness.
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Sienna
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of insane in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of insane in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of insane in a Sentence
It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six precious lives in my community here in Nashville, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, their first action is not to take actions to rein in this proliferation of weapons of war in our streets, but it’s to expel their colleagues for standing with our constituents.
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
In France we have among the lowest prices in the world for both fixed and mobile telecoms. Let's be realistic: saying that prices will continue to decline in the coming years, it's insane.
I wasn’t allowed to sleep properly for nearly a week, it was not dissimilar from Chinese water torture. After the fourth day, not only was I going insane and crying every five minutes, nothing was changing.
Right now, people on the no-fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun, that is insane.
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- مجنونArabic
- šílenýCzech
- sindssygDanish
- verrückt, geisteskrank, wahnsinnigGerman
- παράφρων, τρελόςGreek
- enfermo mental, insanoSpanish
- مجنون, دیوانهPersian
- mielenvikainen, hulluFinnish
- malsain, dérangeant, délirant, dérangé, aberrant, fou, démentiel, chimérique, démentFrench
- पागलHindi
- elmebeteg, bolond, őrültHungarian
- edan, sinting, gilaIndonesian
- insano, pazzo, folleItalian
- 狂しい, 気が狂った, 頭がおかしいJapanese
- dēmēns, īnsānusLatin
- ārprātīgs, traks, vājprātīgsLatvian
- waanzinnig, gestoordDutch
- sinnsykNorwegian
- szalony, szaleńczy, obłąkanyPolish
- لېونیPashto, Pushto
- débil mental, doido, insano, louco, enlouquecedorPortuguese
- alienat mintal, nebunesc, demențial, himeric, nebun, nebună, dezechilibrat psihic, delirant, înnebunitorRomanian
- душевнобольной, невменяемый, сумасшедшийRussian
- sinnessjukSwedish
- baliwTagalog
- پاگلUrdu
- điên, cuồngVietnamese
- מעשוגעYiddish
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