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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Parametric modeling, especially when weighted down with decades of AutoCAD’s stupid UI/UX choices, was even harder than programming.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
The simplest explanation is that Vance believes his voters are stupid.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of stupid

Adjective

Doing it for a guy who was closer to average last year and got outplayed by his backup is probably downright foolish.

— Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Johnson continued this week to push for his foolish and counterproductive desire to impose a $33-per-month tax on each Chicago job generated by the city’s largest private-sector employers.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of foolish

Adjective

This year’s list includes what may be America’s last remaining players with free 2020 eligibility (silly us, thinking that ended last year) — and even a few who began their careers in the 2010s.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Depp engaged the crowd with silly skits for nearly half a hour.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

But Carveout 2160 is a new IP in snowboarding, which was responsible for the fastest and maddest games of the era.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Tamra is right; Shannon and some of the other cast are looking for things to get mad about, taking tiny things and blowing them up.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

That’s absurd for a company generating $14 billion in yearly free cash flow.

— Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In some ways, watching this late-career Messi has become just as compelling an experience as watching the one who recorded a quite absurd 91 goals and 22 assists for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of absurd

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