touched in the head
Not quite right
Touched in the head means mentally unsound or eccentric—not quite right.
The phrase suggests someone whose mind has been affected, as if struck or damaged: Poor thing's a bit touched in the head.
It's informal and often dismissive, implying mild insanity or simple-mindedness rather than serious mental illness.
Sometimes shortened to just touched.
- tetchedMildly mentally unsound
- not all thereMentally deficient somehow
- straitjacketGarment restricting arm movement
- loonyAbsurdly irrational
- bonkersWildly irrational, unhinged
bats in the belfry · mentally ill · padded cell · bedlam · mooncalf · insanity · madness · batty · cuckoo · mad as a hatter · cracked · unhinged · unbalanced · mad · round the bend · deranged · crazy · delusion
touched in the headsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
of sound mind · all there · in one's right mind · lucid · rational
touched in the headnormal
Conforming to standard
conventional · ordinary · straight-laced · conformist · mainstream
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