haywire (Meaning)
haywire (n)
wire for tying up bales of hay
haywire (s)
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
not functioning properly
Synonyms & Antonyms of haywire
Synonyms:
- irrational
- disturbed
- meshuga
- bonkers
- wacky
- looney
- screwy
- depressed
- brainsick
- around the bend
- loco
- bats
- daffy
- wacko
- unhinged
- bedlam
- kooky
- unbalanced
- bughouse
- foolish
- batty
- obsessed
- strange
- nutty
- cracked
- loony
- cuckoo
- moonstruck
- crazed
- daft
- whacko
- paranoidal
- crackpot
- distraught
- unreasonable
- crackbrained
- kookie
- eccentric
- barmy
- non compos mentis
- scatty
- odd
- demented
- ballistic
- unsound
- out to lunch
- certifiable
- deranged
- loony tunes
- psycho
- whacky
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- nuclear
- paranoic
- amok
- queer
- disordered
- fey
- pixillated
- off one's gourd
- neurotic
- obsessive-compulsive
- cranky
- off
- schizophrenic
- crackers
- berserk
- witless
- teched
- touched
- off one's head
- paranoiac
- meshugah
- tetched
- wigged-out
- wud
- pixilated
- delirious
- amuck
- monomaniacal
- meshugge
- fixated
- delusionary
- hysteric
- senseless
- meshuggah
- looney tunes
- frantic
- delusional
- loopy
- distracted
- potty
- oddball
- frenzied
- ape
- raving
- out of one's head
- schizoid
- sociopathic
- hysterical
- balmy
- aberrant
- off one's rocker
- dotty
- fruity
- out of one's mind
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word haywire
wire for tying up bales of hay, informal or slang terms for mentally irregular, not functioning properly
mad, maniac, nuts,psychotic, lunatic, insane, paranoid, mental, gaga, maniacal
sound, balanced, lucid, clear, balanced, normal, sound, reasonable, clear, lucid
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.
