Synonyms for around the bend
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bend |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for around the bend Other synonyms for the word around the bend
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- demented
- derailed
- deranged
- disordered
- dotty
- fatuous
- frenzied
- idiotic
- impractical
- insane
- irrational
- irresponsible
- loony
- lunatic
- ma
- mad
- mad as a hatter
- maniac
- maniacal
- mental
- mentally ill
- moonstruck
- not all there
- nuts
- nutty
- nutty as a fruitcake
- of unsound mind
- off
- off one's head
- off one's rocker
- out of one's head
- out of one's mind
- out of one's tree
- paranoid
- preposterous
- psychopathic
- psychotic
- rabid
- raging
- raving
- schizophrenic
- screwy
- senseless
- sick in the head
- stark raving mad
- touched
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsettled
- unsound
- unstable
- wild
- wrong
Définition of around the bend
Origin :- Old English bendan "to bend a bow; confine with a string, fetter," causative of bindan "to bind," from Proto-Germanic base *band- "string, band" (cf. Old Norse benda "to join, strain, strive, bend"), from PIE root *bhendh- "to bind" (cf. Gothic bindan, Old High German bintan, Sanskrit badhnati "binds," Lithuanian bendras "partner;" Old Persian bandaka- "subject").
- Modern sense (early 14c.) is via notion of bending a bow to string it. Cognate with band, bind, and bond. Related: Bended; bent; bending.
- As in : adj irrational
- As in gaga : adj insane
- As in loco : adj insane
- As in moonstruck : adj insane
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