MESHUGA Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

meshuga

adjective

mə-ˈshu̇-gə

variants or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah

Definition of meshuga

as in stupid

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment You've got to be meshuga if you think she is going to go out with you.

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Adjective

Whatever to the silly old poem and whatever to the ceremony and all its stupid little details and whatever to all the rules for daughters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Militarizing an arch in front of the Memorial Bridge is an even more dangerous and stupid idea than turning a ballroom into a bastion.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of stupid

Adjective

While the era’s bust eventually brought most of those ventures to an end, Brown said the experience taught him not to let the fear of failure—or looking foolish—get in the way.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Cousins made two foolish mistakes, on the interceptions by Trader and Taaffe.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of foolish

Adjective

Whatever to the silly old poem and whatever to the ceremony and all its stupid little details and whatever to all the rules for daughters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
His faith in the transformative power of a deeply silly musical about nosy neighbors provides the film with its strongest anchor of relatable humanity.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

When the Farmer destroys the flock’s beloved pumpkin patch, Shaun turns mad scientist to fix the problem, only for events to spiral out of control as a wild beast roams the woods of Mossingham.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026
The show, which stars Jessica Chastain as an investigator who infiltrates online hate groups to prevent incidents of mad violence.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

Of course now, in the comfort of modernity, the whole idea seems absurd.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2026
Saying white players such as Clark or Bueckers should pay homage to their Black peers is as absurd as saying Steph Curry and Jalen Brunson should pay homage to their tall peers.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of absurd

Adjective

Her follow up, Said the Dead—in which Ní Ghríofa sets out to restore the voices of a handful of women who were confined to a lunatic asylum in Victorian-era Cork—is every bit as eerie, tender, and beautiful.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
We’re told the president called you a lunatic?

— NBC news, NBC news, 28 June 2026

Definition of lunatic

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