meshuga
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9.9
Acting in a very strange and not sensible way
- adjective
- /məˈʃuːɡə/
- Offensive
:
loco
- After hearing his wild conspiracy theories, I realized he was acting meshuga.
Examples
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He tries to do right by her and is truly meshuga.
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That kid is totally meshuga.
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But maybe it isn't all that meshuga.
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"You really are meshuga."
Fiction book (1997) -
His suggestions seemed completely meshuga and out of touch with reality.
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When she started dancing on the table, everyone thought she was being meshuga.
Synonyms
1
9.9
Being very foolish or behaving in a crazy way
is the main form rather than this spelling variant
9.9
Acting very silly and not thinking clearly
is the neutral description rather than the marked informal variant
9.9
Behaving in a way that seems crazy or foolish
is the shorter common form rather than the extended spelling
Antonyms
How Crazy
Surface Forms
meshuga positive
Etymology
Meshuga comes from Yiddish and the Hebrew word meshugah, which means 'crazy'. So, calling someone or something meshuga is like saying it is 'mad' or senseless.