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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Parents who decline to vaccinate their children have been called selfish and stupid.

— Nicholas Florko, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
No one is evil, but people do stupid things, which accords with my own memories of college.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of stupid

Adjective

Soaking the suburbs over parking is reminiscent of other foolish, revenue-grabbing ideas, such as a congestion tax aimed at outsiders as a way to gin up money to cover Chicago’s ever-present budget black hole.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
With Oracle having lost more than $20 billion in stock-market value today, this appears to be penny-wise and pound foolish.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of foolish

Adjective

With so many of its procedural plots echoing and sometimes directly referencing real-world events, Cupertino is more substantive and less inherently silly than Elsbeth.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Almost sounds silly now, with the way the team has stumbled and bumbled its way through the first four games.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

In particular, users are gravitating towards — and posting their own covers of — the bridge, which finds Williams belting insane high notes.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Evidently, the Manhunter released gas that drove Antaan’s people insane, forcing many of them to jump to their deaths.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of insane

Adjective

When Blue Cross Blue Shield recently published research suggesting that hospitals use artificial intelligence tools to extract more money from insurers without providing additional care, people were mad.

— Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Carmella is also still mad at Vicki for saying that Danny is raising her kids, and Heather is angry after learning that Vicki called her fake in Palm Springs.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

Ambitious mukbang-ers eager to prove their gastronomic stamina descended on Red Lobster locations across the country to consume absurd quantities of shrimp.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
When things get too absurd or heavy, a one liner pops in and Olesen knows how to do the set up, and then, the mic drop.

— Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 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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