meshuggeneh

Thân thiện

A friend affectionately calls his meshuggeneh dog who is chasing its own tail.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Crazy, senseless, foolish: Used to describe someone or something that is irrational, insane, or makes no sense. It implies a state of being wildly illogical or mentally unbalanced.

2. Noun:

   • A crazy fool, a senseless person: Refers to a person who acts in a wildly foolish, irrational, or insane manner.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • His plan to sail across the ocean in a bathtub is completely meshuggeneh.
  • Don't listen to that meshuggeneh idea; it will never work.

• Noun:

  • Don't be such a meshuggeneh and wear a coat in this blizzard!
  • The old man on the corner, shouting at pigeons, is known as the neighborhood meshuggeneh.

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in a colorful, emphatic way within English, primarily within communities familiar with Yiddish vocabulary. It carries a connotation of endearment or humorous exasperation, not just clinical insanity.
  • Oh, my meshuggeneh uncle is trying to teach the dog algebra again. (Here, it suggests endearing foolishness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Meshugga (adj): An alternative, shortened form of the adjective meaning "crazy."
  • The whole situation is totally meshugga.
• Meshuggener (n): An alternative, masculine-gendered form of the noun meaning "a crazy man" or "a fool."
  • That meshuggener tried to pay for groceries with Monopoly money.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Crazy, insane, foolish, daft, bonkers, nuts.
• Noun: Lunatic, madman, fool, nutcase, crackpot.

Related Idioms

• To go meshugge: To go crazy.
  • The constant noise from the construction is making me go meshugge.
• Meshugge in the head: A phrase emphasizing that the craziness is mental.
  • You must be meshugge in the head to go hiking in this storm.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. senseless; crazy

Noun

1. (Yiddish) a crazy fool

Từ đồng nghĩa

• meshugge
• meshugga
• meshuga
• meshuggener