mad as a hatter
Totally off-kilter
Mad as a hatter means completely crazy or wildly eccentric.
The phrase predates Lewis Carroll's character in *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*, though that Mad Hatter cemented it in popular imagination.
She's mad as a hatter, talking to her plants like they answer back.
The expression suggests erratic, unpredictable behavior rather than clinical insanity.
Mentally disturbed, irrational
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
- crazedWildly out of control
- dementedSeverely mentally disturbed
psychotic · delirious · irrational · unstable · manic · disturbed · delusional · frenzied
Idiosyncratically unusual
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- oddballEccentric individual
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
kooky · unconventional · zany · offbeat · whimsical · outlandish · strange · wacky
Liquid metallic element
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
- feltCompressed fiber textile
- millineryCraft of hat design
- VictorianOf a prim era
occupational · toxicity · tremors · neurological · haberdashery · tophat · shakes · fumes
- Alice in WonderlandFantasy tale of curious girl
- March HareProverbially deranged bunny
- tea partyAfternoon refreshment gathering
- nonsensicalWithout coherent meaning
riddles · unbirthday · croquet · Cheshire Cat · fantasy · absurdist
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- farcicalAbsurdly comical or mockable
- surrealDreamlike and strange
nonsensical · fantastical · comical · grotesque · laughable · crazy · outrageous · wild
deranged
Mentally disturbed, irrational
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
- crazedWildly out of control
demented · psychotic · delirious · irrational · unstable · manic · disturbed · delusional · frenzied · unbalanced
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
bizarre · kooky · unconventional · zany · offbeat · whimsical · outlandish · strange · wacky · daft
mercury
Liquid metallic element
Victorian · occupational · toxicity · tremors · neurological · haberdashery · tophat · shakes · fumes · workshops
Lewis Carroll
- Alice in WonderlandFantasy tale of curious girl
- March HareProverbially deranged bunny
- tea partyAfternoon refreshment gathering
nonsensical · riddles · unbirthday · croquet · Cheshire Cat · fantasy · absurdist
ridiculous
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- farcicalAbsurdly comical or mockable
surreal · nonsensical · fantastical · comical · grotesque · laughable · crazy · outrageous · wild · illogical
- insanityinsane, crazy, mad, lunatic, insanity
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
mad as a hattersane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
of sound mind · rational · lucid · compos mentis · in one's right mind
mad as a hatternormal
Conforming to standard
conventional · ordinary · straight-laced · run-of-the-mill · unremarkable
madness, hatted, madhouse, madder, maddest, hatter, hatting, hatters, madding