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boig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bonkers adj Crazy, wild, or absurd.
  • certifiable adj Able to be officially confirmed or verified.
  • crackpot noun Someone seen as eccentric or foolish, especially for holding strange or unfounded beliefs.
  • crazy adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
  • fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
  • gaga adjective Mentally confused, especially due to old age.
  • insane adj Suffering from serious mental illness; not of sound mind.
  • mad adj Angry or annoyed.
  • madman noun A man who behaves in an insane, irrational, or extremely reckless way.
  • nuts adj Informal: crazy, irrational, or wildly excited.

Senses

boig is used for these senses in English:

  • bonkers (informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.
  • certifiable (informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
  • crackpot (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
  • cray-cray (slang) Crazy.
  • crazy Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]
  • crazy Out of control.
  • crazy (slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
  • fool (tarot, often, capitalized, _, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

certifiable — full definition

  1. adj Able to be officially confirmed or verified.
  2. adj Informal: so irrational or extreme in behavior as to seem mentally ill; crazy.

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