gone mad
Become mentally unhinged
Gone mad describes someone who has lost their sanity or begun behaving in an irrational, unhinged way.
The phrase often appears hyperbolically to express disbelief at someone's choices or actions: Have you gone mad? You can't quit your job without another lined up.
It can also describe situations that have become chaotic or senseless: The whole world's gone mad.
British English favors this phrasing, while American English more often uses gone crazy.
Extreme irrational foolishness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
dementia · bedlam · raving · unhinged · deranged · crazed · berserk · maniacal
State of utter confusion
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
anarchy · frenzy · riot · rampage · uproar · commotion · madhouse · circus
Broke with sudden force
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- fell apartBroke into components
- nervous breakdownAcute mental health crisis
unraveled · disintegrated · shattered · spiraled · deteriorated · decompensated · went to pieces · mental collapse
Extremely angry
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- incensedExtremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- apoplecticOvercome by rage
seething · fuming · irate · wrathful · ballistic · explosive · volcanic · seeing red
Wildly illogical
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- senselessLacking reason or awareness
foolish · illogical · unreasonable · crazy · ridiculous · harebrained · cockamamie · bonkers
lunacy
Extreme irrational foolishness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
mania · dementia · bedlam · raving · unhinged · deranged · crazed · berserk · maniacal · frenzied
pandemonium
State of utter confusion
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
turmoil · anarchy · frenzy · riot · rampage · uproar · commotion · madhouse · circus · free-for-all
snapped
Broke with sudden force
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- collapsedFell inward suddenly
- fell apartBroke into components
nervous breakdown · unraveled · disintegrated · shattered · spiraled · deteriorated · decompensated · went to pieces · mental collapse
furious
Extremely angry
apoplectic · seething · fuming · irate · wrathful · ballistic · explosive · volcanic · seeing red · lost it
absurd
Wildly illogical
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
senseless · foolish · illogical · unreasonable · crazy · ridiculous · harebrained · cockamamie · bonkers · batty
gone madsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
of sound mind · in one's right mind · compos mentis · rational · lucid
gone madcalm
Free from agitation
composed · collected · keeping one's cool · stayed calm · unruffled
gone madcome to one's senses
Return to rational thinking
recovered · snapped out of it · gotten better · healed · stabilized
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