Associations to the word «Insane»

Wiktionary

INSANE, adjective. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.
INSANE, adjective. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
INSANE, adjective. Causing insanity or madness.
INSANE, adjective. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
INSANE ASYLUM, noun. A facility designed where persons with serious mental disorders are housed.
INSANE ASYLUMS, noun. Plural of insane asylum

Dictionary definition

INSANE, adjective. Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter".
INSANE, adjective. Very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats