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delirious - In a disturbed state of mind, often due to illness or fever, leading to confusion and hallucinations.

After three sleepless nights, he was delirious and barely able to speak clearly.

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bonkers - Mentally unbalanced, mad and crazy, usually meant humorously

There were many long stretches of time that Joan was cooped up in the house with her kids, and it was making her go bonkers.

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maniac - Someone who is mentally ill tending towards violent and dangerous behavior.

The film’s villain was portrayed as a ruthless maniac with no regard for human life.

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daffy - Silly, different, strange, and funny

Fred had a twirled mustache and wore an oddly colored suit, but the town's residents simply viewed him as daffy instead of someone to be afraid of.

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crank - Someone who others think has unusual ideas or behaves strangely

Bill was seen as crank by his friends, because of the way he always spoke of the dangers of eating meat and being vaccinated.

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delusional - Seeing or believing things that are not real

Betty was confident that she would be a millionaire by the time she would be 25, but her friends thought she was delusional.

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unhinged - Mentally unbalanced and unstable

Trevor crossed the street when he saw the unhinged person yelling at him.

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deranged - Behaving in an uncontrolled or dangerous way because of mental illness

Charles Manson led a group of followers who became mentally deranged as a result of taking too many psychedelic drugs

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zany - Amusingly unconventional and different

Einstein was unique among geniuses in that he also had a silly and zany side of his personality.

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lunacy - Stupid or crazy ideas or behavior that is likely to have bad results

When Edwin Hubble suggested in 1922 that most of the little dots in the sky are entire galaxies, most scientists thought that the idea was sheer lunacy.

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wacky - Something that is strange and different to the point of amusement.

George’s grandmother was well known and loved for her wacky taste in shoes.

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weirdo - A person whose dress or behavior seems strange

The weirdo kept peeking at everyone from behind the bushes.