meshuga

adjective

mə-ˈshu̇-gə How to pronounce meshuga (audio)
variants or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah
Definition of meshuganext
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion

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  1. psychotic
  2. mad
  3. crazy
  4. paranoid
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Definition of psychotic
Adjective
  • Then Sterling did some less effective things and got suspended anyway, so that mad idea was, at least, parked for the time being.
    — Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Staff Pick: The mad scramble for backyard eggs Naeema Fineley's backyard chicken coop in Georgia.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.
    — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
Definition of crazy
Adjective
  • That’s certainly what the Holland trailer feels like, putting Nicole Kidman at the center of a paranoid satire about a seemingly picture-perfect Michigan homemaker whose husband (Matthew Macfadyen) is up to … something.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Or is Julia, as the men in her life keep telling her, just being paranoid?
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of paranoid
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