tetched

tetched
Synonyms and related words:
abnormal, bereft of reason, brainsick, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, daft, deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged, disoriented, distraught, flighty, hallucinated, insane, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, not all there, not right, odd, of unsound mind, off, psycho, queer, reasonless, senseless, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound, wandering, witless|

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  • tetched — 1930, U.S. colloquial variant of touched in the sense of slightly crazy (see TOUCH (Cf. touch)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tetched — [techt] adj. [LME techyd, prob. altered (infl. by teche, a quality, mark: see TETCHY) < touchede, pp. of touchen,TOUCH] Dial. touched; slightly demented: also used humorously …   English World dictionary

  • tetched — variant of teched …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tetched — /techt/, adj. touched; slightly crazy. Also, teched. [1925 30; var. of TOUCHED; perh. repr. earlier tached (ME techyd) in the compounds (well )tached, (evil )tached having the (specified) quality or disposition (ME tach(e), tech(e) trait, spot,… …   Universalium

  • tetched — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. demented, neurotic, *not right in the head, *a little crazy, touched, *nuts. see crazy, insane, neurotic …   English dictionary for students

  • tetched — adjective AmE spoken slightly crazy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tetched — or teched [[t]tɛtʃt[/t]] adj. touched; slightly crazy • Etymology: 1925–30, amer.; alter. of touched, perh. with vowel of tetchy …   From formal English to slang

  • tetched — variant of teched …   Useful english dictionary

  • teched — adjective or tetched ˈtecht Etymology: alteration of touched : mentally unbalanced : somewhat deranged * * * /techt/, adj. tetched. * * * teched «tehcht», adjective. = tetched. (Cf. ↑tetched) …   Useful english dictionary

  • teched — or tetched adjective Etymology: alteration of touched Date: 1921 mentally unbalanced …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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