Definitions

bats in the belfry

ADJECTIVE

crazy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insane kooky mad nuts nutty silly wacky

STRONG

ape berserk cuckoo lunatic potty psycho screwball

WEAK

barmy batty bonkers cracked crazed daft delirious demented deranged dingy dippy erratic flaky flipped flipped-out freaked-out fruity idiotic mad as a March hare mad as a hatter maniacal mental moonstruck nutty as fruitcake of unsound mind out of one's mind out of one's tree out to lunch round the bend screw loose screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged unzipped

Antonyms

STRONGEST

balanced calm collected rational reasonable sane sound

WEAK

realistic responsible sensible

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bats in the belfry

Ghosts are bang out of their line, and I never met even a common constable that believed in 'em, except Bob Parrett, and he had bats in the belfry, poor chap.

From The Grey Room by Eden Phillpotts

He's got a bad case of bats in the belfry, believe me.

From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

bats in the belfry

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