Synonyms of around the bend

around the bend

phrase

as in mad

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

The way he's acting you'd think he's gone around the bend.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mad
• crazy
• nuts
• psycho
• psychotic
• mental
• off
• loco
• non compos mentis
• ballistic
• out to lunch
• maniacal
• unsound
• demented
• haywire
• crazed
• unbalanced
• strange
• crackers
• nutty
• daft
• bonkers
• batty
• off one's gourd
• unhinged
• off one's head
• out of one's mind
• certifiable
• deranged
• bats
• foolish
• brainsick
• wud
• irrational
• odd
• nuclear
• hysterical
• eccentric
• unreasonable
• aberrant
• fey
• delirious
• delusional
• loopy
• dotty
• delusionary
• teched
• potty
• queer
• bananas
• cracked
• oddball
• disordered
• frantic
• senseless
• pixilated
• witless
• depressed
• berserk
• obsessed
• amok
• disturbed
• ape
• monomaniac
• distraught
• frenzied
• touched
• distracted
• monomaniacal
• wigged-out
• raving
• fixated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• reasonable
• balanced
• compos mentis
• rational
• sane
• clear
• wise
• uncrazy
• normal
• lucid
• sensible
• healthy
• judicious
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of around the bend

Going backward is a small penance for the pleasure of not knowing what’s around the bend. — Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026