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单词 bonkers
释义

bonkers

adjective

bon·​kers ˈbäŋ-kərz How to pronounce bonkers (audio)
ˈbȯŋ-
informal
: crazy, mad: such as
a
: very fond, enthusiastic, or excited
She's bonkers for/about opera.
He's bonkers for/about her.
The fans went bonkers when their team won.
b
: very angry, annoyed, or bothered
Faced with the choice of being driven bonkers by their colicky newborn or inviting an outsider into their lives, Phil and Julie sanely decide to find a nanny. Booklist
And the internet went completely and utterly bonkers about it, with critics climbing over one another to criticize Cyrus … Tom Hawking
c
sometimes offensive : having or showing severe mental illness
Meanwhile, the greedy trustees of her fortune are trying to confuse her enough to have her declared bonkers so they can make their jobs permanent. Ray Olson

Synonyms

  • balmy
  • barmy [chiefly British]
  • bats
  • batty
  • bedlam
  • brainsick
  • bughouse [slang]
  • certifiable
  • crackbrained
  • cracked
  • crackers
  • crackpot
  • cranky [dialect]
  • crazed
  • crazy
  • cuckoo
  • daffy
  • daft
  • demented
  • deranged
  • fruity [slang]
  • gaga
  • haywire
  • insane
  • kooky
  • kookie
  • loco [slang]
  • loony
  • looney
  • loony tunes
  • looney tunes
  • lunatic
  • mad
  • maniacal
  • maniac
  • mental
  • meshuga
  • meshugge
  • meshugah
  • meshuggah
  • moonstruck
  • non compos mentis
  • nuts
  • nutty
  • psycho
  • psychotic
  • scatty [chiefly British]
  • screwy
  • unbalanced
  • unhinged
  • unsound
  • wacko
  • whacko
  • wacky
  • whacky
  • wud [chiefly Scottish]
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Example Sentences

You have to be bonkers to gamble that much. I was driven bonkers by the noise.
Recent Examples on the Web Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 Hulu’s new show from the creator of Luther is a totally bonkers melange of sci-fi scenarios, global doom, and stabbiness. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2018 Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 Graffiti historian Roger Gastman—who helped orchestrate MOCA’s record-setting Art in the Streets show in 2011—takes over a 40,000-square-foot warehouse on the edge of Chinatown for a totally bonkers street art experience. Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 June 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from bonk + -ers (as in crackers)

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

bonkers

adjective

as in insane
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind spent her last years as a totally bonkers recluse in a decaying mansion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • insane
  • psychotic
  • mad
  • nuts
  • lunatic
  • crazy
  • gaga
  • maniac
  • maniacal
  • paranoid
  • mental
  • psycho
  • crazed
  • batty
  • daft
  • unhinged
  • barmy
  • loony
  • disturbed
  • demented
  • wacko
  • deranged
  • cuckoo
  • nutty
  • haywire
  • wacky
  • whacky
  • strange
  • screwy
  • irrational
  • looney
  • eccentric
  • kooky
  • cracked
  • bedlam
  • ballistic
  • certifiable
  • daffy
  • scatty
  • whacko
  • unbalanced
  • crackpot
  • paranoidal
  • obsessed
  • loco
  • around the bend
  • moonstruck
  • foolish
  • depressed
  • crackers
  • odd
  • bats
  • bughouse
  • brainsick
  • unreasonable
  • kookie
  • meshuga
  • fruity
  • unsound
  • out to lunch
  • loony tunes
  • loopy
  • crackbrained
  • hysterical
  • distraught
  • frantic
  • off
  • wud
  • looney tunes
  • cranky
  • balmy
  • schizophrenic
  • distracted
  • neurotic
  • meshuggah
  • dotty
  • delirious
  • meshugge
  • delusional
  • meshugah
  • paranoiac
  • schizoid
  • fey
  • oddball
  • touched
  • non compos mentis
  • out of one's mind
  • delusionary
  • berserk
  • sociopathic
  • off one's rocker
  • hysteric
  • queer
  • disordered
  • off one's head
  • off one's gourd
  • aberrant
  • out of one's head
  • nuclear
  • raving
  • tetched
  • bananas
  • paranoic
  • witless
  • amok
  • pixilated
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • monomaniacal
  • potty
  • fixated
  • ape
  • senseless
  • frenzied
  • teched
  • pixillated
  • monomaniac
  • amuck
  • wigged-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sane
  • reasonable
  • sound
  • balanced
  • rational
  • clear
  • sensible
  • wise
  • compos mentis
  • lucid
  • normal
  • uncrazy
  • judicious
  • healthy
  • well-adjusted
  • unneurotic
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