lose one's mind

/luːz wʌnz maɪnd/

verb

To enter a strong negative mental state.

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Meanings

verblose one's mind (third-person singular simple present loses one's mind, present participle losing one's mind, simple past and past participle lost one's mind)

present singular third person loses one's mind · participle present losing one's mind · participle past lost one's mind · past lost one's mind

  1. idiomaticTo enter a strong negative mental state.

    I can't take this anymore. We gotta do something about this or I'm gonna lose my mind!

    2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (16:17 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Ragatha (Amanda Hufford)
    1. idiomaticTo become frustrated, angry.
    2. idiomaticTo become crazy, insane, mad, psychotic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
blow one's topfly off the handlego apego apeshithit the ceilinghit the fanhit the rooflose itlose one's coollose one's headlose one's marbleslose one's raglose one's temperlose the plot
Also see
go berserkgo hamgo pottylose one's headlose one's marblesschiz

Translations

Catalan perdre el seny, desvariejar
  • perdre el senyto become insane
  • desvariejarto become insane
  • desvariarto become insane
Chinese 瘋了 /疯了, 失去理智
  • 瘋了 /疯了to become insane
  • 失去理智to become insane
Chinese Mandarin 腦子進水 /脑子进水, 腦袋被驢踢 /脑袋被驴踢
  • 腦子進水 /脑子进水 (nǎozi jìnshuǐ)to become insane
  • 腦袋被驢踢 /脑袋被驴踢to become insane
Dutch zijn verstand verliezen
  • zijn verstand verliezento become insane
Estonian mõistust kaotama
  • mõistust kaotamato become insane
Finnish menettää järkensä
  • menettää järkensäto become insane
French perdre la raison, perdre la tête
  • perdre la raisonto become insane
  • perdre la têteto become insane
  • déraisonnerto become insane
German seinen Verstand verlieren, den Verstand verlieren
  • seinen Verstand verlierento become insane
  • den Verstand verlierento become insane
Greek χάνω τα λογικά μου
  • χάνω τα λογικά μου (cháno ta logiká mou)to become insane
Italian andar fuori di testa, dare di matto
  • andar fuori di testato become insane
  • dare di mattoto become insane
  • bersi il cervelloto become insane
  • dare i numerito become insane
  • gli è partito il cervelloto become insane
  • perdere le staffeto become insane
Japanese 正気を失う
  • 正気を失う (shōki wo ushinau)to become insane
Malay hilang akal
  • hilang akalto become insane
Polish oszaleć, postradać rozum
  • oszalećto become insane
  • postradać rozumto become insane
  • postradać zmysłyto become insane
  • tracić rozumto become insane
  • stracić rozumto become insane
Portuguese perder a razão
  • perder a razãoto become insane
Romanian își pierde mințile
  • își pierde mințileto become insane
Russian потеря́ть рассу́док, сойти́ с ума́
  • потеря́ть рассу́док (poterjátʹ rassúdok)to become insane
  • сойти́ с ума́ (sojtí s umá)to become insane
  • чо́кнуться (čóknutʹsja)to become insane
Spanish perder la razón, perder los papeles
  • perder la razónto become insane
  • perder los papelesto become insane
  • desvariarto become insane
Swahili -rukwa na akili
  • -rukwa na akilito become insane
Turkish aklını kaçırmak, aklını kaybetmek
  • aklını kaçırmakto become insane
  • aklını kaybetmekto become insane
  • aklını yitirmekto become insane
Ukrainian з'їхати з глузду
  • з'їхати з глузду (zʺjixaty z hluzdu)to become insane
Vietnamese mất trí
  • mất tríto become insane
Cite this entry
APA

lose one's mind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20one's%20mind

MLA

“lose one's mind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20one's%20mind. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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