bughouse
1 of 2adjective
bug·house ˈbəg-ˌhau̇s 
slang
: mentally deranged : crazy
bughouse
2 of 2noun
slang
: an asylum for the mentally ill
Synonyms
Adjective
- balmy
- barmy [chiefly British]
- bats
- batty
- bedlam
- bonkers
- brainsick
- 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
Adjective anyone would go bughouse after being stuck on an airplane for 7 hours
Recent Examples on the Web
Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 Apr. 2017
Noun
At the end of Fletcher Knebel's novels, the bughouse president resigns and the coup is foiled. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 Apr. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1887, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1899, in the meaning defined above
bughouse
adjective
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind anyone would go bughouse after being stuck on an airplane for 17 hours Synonyms & Similar Words
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- psychotic
- nuts
- lunatic
- insane
- mad
- maniac
- crazy
- mental
- gaga
- maniacal
- paranoid
- psycho
- cuckoo
- crazed
- nutty
- deranged
- unhinged
- bedlam
- demented
- disturbed
- loony
- wacko
- bonkers
- batty
- daffy
- paranoidal
- strange
- around the bend
- certifiable
- wacky
- brainsick
- crackpot
- barmy
- unbalanced
- irrational
- bats
- eccentric
- kooky
- screwy
- whacky
- haywire
- crackers
- meshuga
- ballistic
- daft
- moonstruck
- whacko
- loco
- looney
- cracked
- meshuggah
- kookie
- meshugah
- scatty
- odd
- foolish
- meshugge
- frantic
- loony tunes
- unsound
- looney tunes
- fruity
- unreasonable
- depressed
- obsessed
- queer
- loopy
- paranoiac
- schizophrenic
- crackbrained
- schizoid
- delirious
- neurotic
- wud
- dotty
- out to lunch
- sociopathic
- balmy
- fey
- hysterical
- cranky
- oddball
- delusional
- off
- distraught
- aberrant
- non compos mentis
- hysteric
- off one's rocker
- off one's gourd
- distracted
- berserk
- out of one's mind
- nuclear
- delusionary
- disordered
- off one's head
- out of one's head
- paranoic
- bananas
- potty
- obsessive-compulsive
- raving
- touched
- tetched
- monomaniac
- frenzied
- teched
- monomaniacal
- ape
- witless
- pixilated
- amok
- senseless
- pixillated
- wigged-out
- amuck
- fixated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sane
- balanced
- sound
- reasonable
- rational
- uncrazy
- compos mentis
- lucid
- normal
- judicious
- wise
- sensible
- clear
- healthy
- well-adjusted
- unneurotic
- on tenterhooks
- on that score
- on that/this score
- on the air
- on the aisle
- on the alert
- on the altar of success
- on the assumption
- on the attack
- on the average
- on the back burner
- on the back of
- on the ball
- on the ballot
- on the barrel
- on the barrelhead
- on the basis of
- on the beam
- on the bed
- on the bias
- on the black
- on the blink
- on the block
- on the blower
- on the boil