moonstruck

(mūn'strŭk') also moon·strick·en (-strĭk'ən)
adj.

1. Dazed or distracted with romantic sentiment.
2. Affected by insanity; crazed.

[From the belief that the moon caused insanity.]

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also moonstricken

adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British crackers. Law non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, offout ofone's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane/insane.

For a list of words related to moonstruck, see:

• Love and Romance - moonstruck: (adj) dreamily romantic; in love
• Insanity - moonstruck: (adj) mentally deranged

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See words rhyming with "moonstruck."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - månesyg, vanvittig

Nederlands (Dutch)
maanziek, halfwijs

Français (French)
adj. - lunatique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mondsüchtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανισόρροπος, νεραϊδοπαρμένος

Italiano (Italian)
lunatico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lunático

Русский (Russian)
помешанный, залитый лунным светом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lunático, tocado, trastornado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - galen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发狂的, 月光照到的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 發狂的, 月光照到的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 제정신이 아닌

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 気が狂った, 頭がぼんやりした, 感傷的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مخبول, مشوش الذهن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוכה ירח, סהרורי‬

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