brainsick
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈbreɪnˌsɪk/
- Offensive
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demente
- He feared he would grow as brainsick as those he cared for in the asylum.
Examples
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Her brainsick imaginings filled the empty house with invisible spirits.
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He is brainsick!
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The character in the old play was driven brainsick by grief and loss.
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Don't be brainsick!
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After weeks of isolation, the once rational man seemed completely brainsick to his friends.
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The poet described a character who became brainsick from his tormented thoughts and lost in delusion.
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In the depths of despair, he feared he was becoming brainsick, lost in a web of his own thoughts.
Synonyms
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4.1
Mentally ill and unable to think or behave in a normal way
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Feeling upset or worried and unable to think clearly
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A person who is not thinking or acting in a normal and safe way
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5.7
A person who is not mentally well and often acts strangely
Someone who acts a little crazy
Antonyms
How Mentally Healthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brainsick combines brain ('mind' or 'head') and sick ('ill'), so it literally means 'ill in the head'. It was used in older books and plays to describe someone mentally unwell or driven mad, which explains its meaning today.