meshugge

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/məˈʃʊ.ɡə/

adjective

crazy, mad, senseless, insane

“That meshugge boy changed lanes on the highway without even looking!”

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OriginYiddish משוגע ← Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע →
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Meanings

adjectivemeshugge (comparative more meshugge, superlative most meshugge)

comparative more meshugge · superlative most meshugge · alternative meshuga · alternative mishuga · alternative meshugah · alternative meshugga · alternative meshuggah

  1. crazy, mad, senseless, insane

    That meshugge boy changed lanes on the highway without even looking!

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesenseless; crazy

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Also see
impracticalinsanemeshuggener

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Hebrewמְשׁוּגָּע“crazy”
  2. Yiddishמשוגע“crazy”
  3. Englishmeshugge

From Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”), from Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע (m'shugá, “crazy”), a form of שׁוּגַּע (shugá, “be driven mad”) and שִׁיגַּע (shigá, “drive mad”). First came into use in English around 1880.

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Translations

Czech mešuge
  • mešugecrazy, mad, senseless, insane
Dutch mesjogge, mesjokke
  • mesjoggecrazy, mad, senseless, insane
  • mesjokkecrazy, mad, senseless, insane
German meschugge
  • meschuggecrazy, mad, senseless, insane
Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע
  • מְשׁוּגָּע (m'shugá)crazy, mad, senseless, insane
Yiddish משוגע
  • משוגע (meshuge)crazy, mad, senseless, insane
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APA

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MLA

“meshugge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meshugge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meshugge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meshugge.

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