batty

bat·ty

B0119200 (băt′ē)adj. bat·ti·er, bat·ti·est Informal Mentally deranged; crazy.

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[From bats in the belfry.]

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bat′ti·ness n.

batty

(ˈbætɪ) adj, -tier or -tiest1. insane; crazy2. odd; eccentric[C20: from bat²; compare the phrase have bats in the belfry]

bat•ty

(ˈbæt i)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est. Slang. crazy or eccentric. [1900–05, Amer.; appar. bat² + -y¹] bat′ti•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

batty - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"bats, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, crackedinsane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

batty

adjective crazy, odd, mad, eccentric, bats (slang), out there (slang), nuts (slang), barking (slang), peculiar, daft (informal), crackers (Brit. slang), queer (informal), insane, lunatic, loony (slang), barmy (slang), off-the-wall (slang), touched, nutty (slang), potty (Brit. informal), oddball (informal), off the rails, cracked (slang), bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.), cranky (U.S., Canad., & Irish informal), dotty (slang, chiefly Brit.), loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), barking mad (slang), out of your mind, outré, gonzo (slang), screwy (informal), doolally (slang), off your trolley (slang), round the twist (Brit. slang), up the pole (informal), off your rocker (slang), not the full shilling (informal), as daft as a brush (informal, chiefly Brit.), wacko or whacko (slang) some batty uncle of theirs

batty

adjectiveSlang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.Slang: bananas, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.Chiefly British: crackers.Law: non compos mentis.Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

Translations

发疯的

bat²

(bӕt) noun a mouse-like animal which flies, usually at night. 蝙蝠 蝙蝠ˈbatty adjective crazy. a batty old man. 瘋癲的 发疯的