Meanings
comparative more touched in the head · superlative most touched in the head
- colloquialDemented; slightly mentally deficient.
I believe he's more touched in the head than I am.
1990, Reinaldo Arenas, The Palace of the White Skunks, page 1362 more examples
Who could say, perhaps Nastasya was even more touched in the head now, and if she used to make up stories about the old man crying and bleeding when she was here, maybe she had moved on to death over there?
1991, [1979], Valentin Rasputin, translated by Antonina W. Bouis, Farewell to Matyora, page 199It is broad daylight and if she can not simply guide the car along the highway then this bitch was more touched in the head that^([sic]) I thought.
2003, Tracee A. Hanna, A Little Bit of Sinning, page 163
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Catalan tocat del bolet, tocat del perol
- tocat del boletslightly mentally deficient
- tocat del perolslightly mentally deficient
Finnish vajaa
- vajaaslightly mentally deficient
French frappé
- frappéslightly mentally deficient
German nicht ganz klar im Kopf
- nicht ganz klar im Kopfslightly mentally deficient
Japanese 気が触れた
- 気が触れた (ki ga fureta)slightly mentally deficient
Russian с приветом, тро́нутый
- с приветом (s privetom)slightly mentally deficient
- тро́нутый (trónutyj)slightly mentally deficient
Spanish tocado de la cabeza, lonyipietro
- tocado de la cabezaslightly mentally deficient
- lonyipietroslightly mentally deficient
Cite this entry
touched in the head. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touched%20in%20the%20head
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