Meanings
- idiomaticInsane, crazy.
You're out of your mind if you think you can jump that far.
1 more example
Or was Erskine out of his mind? And he himself Watt was he not perhaps slightly deranged? And Mr. Knott himself, was he quite right in his head?
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLCSynonyms: off one's head, out of one's box, out of one's cotton-picking mind, out of one's gourd, out of one's head, out of one's skull, out of one's wits, out there
- idiomaticTemporarily mentally unstable; very distressed.
When you didn't phone home, we were out of our minds with worry.
- idiomaticAway from the focus of one's thoughts.
Try to put the day's troubles out of your mind and relax.
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseInsane, crazy.
antonym(s) of “temporarily distressed”
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 發瘋 /发疯, 憂慮 /忧虑
- 發瘋 /发疯 (fāfēng)insane
- 憂慮 /忧虑 (yōulǜ)distressed
Dutch buiten zinnen
- buiten zinneninsane
Finnish järjiltään, sekaisin
- järjiltääninsane
- sekaisindistressed
Hebrew אַראָפּ פֿון זינען
- אַראָפּ פֿון זינען (arop fun zinen)insane
Hungarian nincs eszénél, meg van őrülve
- nincs eszénélinsane
- meg van őrülveinsane
- elment az eszeinsane
- majd megőrüldistressed
Italian fuori di testa, fuori di sé
- fuori di testainsane
- fuori di séinsane
Latin dēmens, impos animī
- dēmensinsane
- impos animīinsane
Norwegian Bokmål ute å kjøre, ikke rett i hodet
- ute å kjøreinsane
- ikke rett i hodetinsane
Polish szalony, zwariowany
- szalonyinsane
- zwariowanyinsane
- niespełna rozumuinsane
- podenerwowanydistressed
Portuguese fora de si, fora de si
- fora de siinsane
- fora de sidistressed
Russian не в своём уме, вне себя́
- не в своём уме (ne v svojóm ume)insane
- вне себя́ (vne sebjá)distressed
Spanish fuera de la mente de uno, como una cabra
- fuera de la mente de unoinsane
- como una cabrainsane
- como las maracas de Machíninsane
- fuera de juicioinsane
- no en sus cabalesinsane
Swedish inte riktigt klok
- inte riktigt klokinsane
Welsh o ei gof
- o ei gofinsane
Cite this entry
out of one's mind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20one's%20mind
“out of one's mind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20one's%20mind. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of one's mind,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20one's%20mind.
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