be not (quite) right in the head
informalDefinition
› to not have one or more of the mental abilities that most people haveOf unsound mindStupid and silly
(Definition of be not (quite) right in the head from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be no/little love lost between idiom
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be no/without rhyme or reason idiom
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be none of sb's business idiom
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be none the wiser idiom
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be none the worse idiom
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be not all there idiom
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be not amused idiom
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be not in your right mind idiom
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be not much to look at idiom
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be not on idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) mad as a hatter/March hare idiom
- be (as) nutty as a fruitcake idiom
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- crackers adjective
- demented adjective
- deranged adjective
- disturbed adjective
- flaky adjective (PERSON)
- gaga adjective (MENTALLY UNCLEAR)
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- institutionalized adjective
- like a man/woman possessed idiom
- mad adjective (MENTALLY ILL)
- madness noun (MENTAL ILLNESS)
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- mixed up adjective
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- take leave of your senses idiom
- wreck noun
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