the insane

Definition of the insane in English English dictionary: crazy people, mentally ill
insane: Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc
insane: Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital
insane: Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted
insane: demented
insane: {s} mentally ill, mad, crazy; senseless, foolish
insane: mentally deranged or acting that way, as in: They must have been insane to try to outrun the train
insane: Causing insanity or madness
insane: Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted
insane: See Insanity, 2
insane: Of or pertaining to one who is of unsound mind A legal rather than a psychiatric term
insane: disapproval If you describe a decision or action as insane, you think it is very foolish or excessive. I said, `Listen, this is completely insane.' + insanely in·sane·ly I would be insanely jealous if Bill left me for another woman
insane: afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter
insane: Term used imprecisely in the federal population censuses to indicate a person who had once possessed mental faculties that had become impaired
insane: afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
insane: very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
insane: Someone who is insane has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange. Some people simply can't take it and they just go insane = mad
insane: deranged
insane: loony
insane: nuts