insane

Modifying Another Word

• criminally: At last report he was in a prison for the criminally insane in England.
• clinically: There had been a recent period of about five weeks during which, Alistair came to realize, he had gone clinically insane.
• dangerously: When I finally convinced her that it was the bird's picture I wanted, she looked at me like I was dangerously insane.
• hopelessly: Perhaps May has been hopelessly insane from the start.
• utterly: I find being utterly insane a very useful thing.
• temporarily: The verdict was: " suicide while temporarily insane.

Preposition: for

• assassination: Tell me your news. ^top Re: Chatting 07/02/06 - PV declared clinically insane for attempted assassination of Kal!

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• drive: The constant influx of random thoughts threatens to drive the Slayer insane.

Modifies a noun

• rambling: Trusty readers, do mail in with your thoughts, comments, insane ramblings.
• asylum: Getting home to the insane asylum is, of course, contingent on my having a passport.
• stunt: He appears in completely balmy actions movies, doing insane stunts.
• genius: However a close 2nd has to be the insane genius that is Bruno.
• amount: These things must really be a huge amount of work - I'm guessing they take an insane amount of time to do?
• desire: In his insane desire for revenge he had laid all shame aside.

Used with adjective complement

• certify: Synopsis: Sparrow of M17, hearing James ' cover is blown, quietly orders him certified insane.
• declare: Chile's Foreign Minister says Pinochet must either stand trial or be declared insane.
• go: I thought I was going insane, I kept singing the theme song to Big Cook Little Cook.
• seem: But to not have any address details for me seems insane.
• drive: Working daily in thick jungle against the sun and rain, Men with fantasies of hunger, some men driven insane.
• become: But he was later captured, and became insane before he finally died in a Danish prison.