Antonyms for bedlamite


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : bed-luh-mahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛd ləˌmaɪt


Definition of bedlamite

  • As in nuts/nutty : adj mentally deranged
  • As in nutty : adj deranged
  • As in daft : adj stupid; crazy
  • As in mad person : noun person who is considered mentally ill
  • As in maniac : noun person who is crazy, overenthusiastic
  • As in nut : noun crazy, overenthusiastic person
  • As in madperson : noun nut
  • As in madman : noun lunatic
Example sentences :
  • I see now where the present bedlamite style of coiffure comes from.
  • Extract from : « Shawl-Straps » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • The bedlamite replied, "The world said I was mad; I said the world was mad, and they outwitted me."
  • Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon
  • Why Bayard in the nineteenth century's a Bedlamite, Irish or no.
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The bedlamite replied, The world said I was mad; I said the world was mad; and they outvoted me.
  • Extract from : « Joe Miller's Jests, With Copious Additions » by Various
  • Any way, it came to be used for a witless fellow, or Bedlamite.
  • Extract from : « Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles » by Daniel Hack Tuke
  • Up the steep, narrow lane we ran with that bedlamite crowd at our heels.
  • Extract from : « Greenmantle » by John Buchan
  • Thus perished an ardent and learned youth, who ought only to have been condemned as a Bedlamite.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli
  • But you should remember that John Ford had to put such a sentiment in the mouth of a Bedlamite.
  • Extract from : « Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion » by St. George Tucker
  • Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.
  • Extract from : « The Unseen Bridgegroom » by May Agnes Fleming
  • And I ain't out of my head—not yet; though keepin' company with a Bedlamite may have some effect, I shouldn't wonder.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for bedlamite

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