haywire Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- ballistic
- barmy
- distraught
- brainsick
- screwy
- whacky
- strange
- moonstruck
- kooky
- wacko
- looney
- foolish
- daffy
- daft
- certifiable
- whacko
- psycho
- crackbrained
- batty
- unbalanced
- kookie
- eccentric
- unhinged
- odd
- bedlam
- irrational
- cuckoo
- meshuga
- nutty
- bonkers
- cracked
- crackpot
- loony-tunes
- demented
- obsessed
- loco
- unreasonable
- around-the-bend
- deranged
- unsound
- wacky
- loony
- disturbed
- bats
- depressed
- scatty
- paranoidal
- non-compos-mentis
- crazed
- bughouse
- out-to-lunch
Weak:
- oddball
- off
- raving
- distracted
- off-one-s-rocker
- looney-tunes
- nuclear
- sociopathic
- paranoiac
- paranoic
- loopy
- senseless
- off-one-s-gourd
- delirious
- fixated
- off-one-s-head
- pixilated
- frenzied
- neurotic
- amuck
- tetched
- crackers
- hysterical
- queer
- wigged-out
- obsessive-compulsive
- meshugge
- fey
- frantic
- meshuggah
- schizoid
- touched
- out-of-one-s-mind
- cranky
- fruity
- potty
- hysteric
- amok
- monomaniacal
- disordered
- teched
- delusional
- meshugah
- schizophrenic
- pixillated
- ape
- dotty
- berserk
- wud
- delusionary
- aberrant
- balmy
- witless
- out-of-one-s-head
Meaning of haywire
haywire (n)
wire for tying up bales of hay
haywire (s)
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
not functioning properly
haywire Sentence Examples
- The car's engine went haywire, spewing smoke and seizing up.
- The computer system became haywire, crashing and deleting important files.
- Their love affair went haywire, resulting in a messy breakup.
- After the earthquake, the city's infrastructure went haywire, causing power outages and traffic chaos.
- The electrical wiring in the house was haywire, creating a fire hazard.
- The weather turned haywire, with unpredictable storms and sudden temperature drops.
- The government's response to the crisis was haywire, leading to confusion and panic.
- Her emotions went haywire after she received the devastating news.
- The stock market went haywire, plunging into a sharp decline.
- The investigation into the crime went haywire, with false leads and suspicious cover-ups emerging.
FAQs About the word haywire
wire for tying up bales of hay, informal or slang terms for mentally irregular, not functioning properly
psychotic, nuts, lunatic, mental, crazy, mad, maniac, gaga, maniacal, paranoid
rational, lucid, sound, reasonable, sane, wise, lucid, rational, balanced, clear
The car's engine went haywire, spewing smoke and seizing up.
The computer system became haywire, crashing and deleting important files.
Their love affair went haywire, resulting in a messy breakup.
After the earthquake, the city's infrastructure went haywire, causing power outages and traffic chaos.
