nutso

Examples

• All

• Personally, I think the guy went a little nutso.

  American Psycho (2000)

• Look, I'm sorry if I came off sort of nutso.

  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

• It would only take an old weak evil spirit using his little finger to tempt me to go all nutso, ten feet tall and bulletproof.

  Blog text (17)

• DEL: Everybody warned me he was unorthodox, but he'’s way irrational, bordering on nutso.

  The Tuxedo (2002)

• Everyone thought he was a total nutso for trying to organize that event alone.

• After his last performance, people started calling him a nutso for his wild antics on stage.

• My friend was acting like a complete nutso when she thought the movie was real.

Synonyms

N

nut

vsnutso

• Informal

309 7.5

A person who behaves in a silly or strange way

is more insulting and points to serious mental instability or unpredictability

M

maniac

vsnutso

• Offensive

149 8.1

A person who behaves wildly and dangerously and may hurt others

focuses more on general mental instability and unpredictable behaviour

W

weirdo

vsnutso

• Offensive

119 7.0

A person who acts in a strange or unusual way

is stronger and suggests mental instability or wild unpredictable behaviour

M

madman

vsnutso

• Offensive

95 6.4

A man who acts very strangely or dangerously and may be mentally ill

is the general informal label for mentally unstable people without gender

N

nutcase

vsnutso

• Offensive

52 8.6

A person who behaves very strangely and may be dangerous

focuses more on wild unpredictability than on actual danger

L

loco

vsnutso

• Offensive

49 9.8

A person who behaves in a strange or wild way

is used more to insult mental instability and unpredictable behaviour

C

crackpot

vsnutso

• Offensive

40 8.2

A person who has strange or unrealistic ideas

focuses on mental instability and unpredictable behaviour rather than odd ideas

N

nutball

vsnutso

• Offensive

5 8.5

A person who acts silly or strange to make others laugh

is harsher and implies real mental instability or unpredictable danger

N

nutbag

vsnutso

• Offensive

4 8.6

A person who acts in a silly or strange way

is stronger and often criticises real instability rather than mild silliness

N

nutcake

vsnutso

• Offensive

1 9.1

An insulting word for a person who acts very silly or strange

is pejorative but emphasizes mental instability and unpredictability

T

total nutcase

vsnutso

• Offensive

1 8.8

A person who acts in a way that seems crazy

focuses on mental instability and unpredictable behaviour rather than mere eccentricity

Antonyms

S

sane

119 3.2

Having a healthy mind and able to think clearly

Compounds

N

nutso idea

• Slang

9.3

An idea that seems crazy or very unusual

How Crazy

maniac

• Offensive

149 8.1

nutso

• Slur

3 9.9

eccentric

1 7.0

oddball

• Offensive

21 7.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology