fruitcake
noun [C] (PERSON) /ˈfruːt.keɪk/ UK slangDefinition
› a crazy person: My teacher's a bit of a fruitcake.Of unsound mindStupid and silly
(Definition of fruitcake noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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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
- deranged adjective
- disturbed adjective
- flaky adjective (PERSON)
- gaga adjective (MENTALLY UNCLEAR)
- have a screw loose idiom
- have bats in the belfry idiom
- institutionalized adjective
- like a man/woman possessed idiom
- mad adjective (MENTALLY ILL)
- maniac noun (MENTALLY ILL)
- mixed up adjective
- off your rocker idiom
- off your trolley idiom
- psychopath noun
- take leave of your senses idiom
- unstable adjective
- wreck noun
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