off the deep end en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(qualifier:usually in the phrase 'go off the deep end') Extremely angry.
I told him that I'd broken the vase, and he went off the deep end.
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(US, idiomatic) Crazy, erratic, or irrational.
It used to be a funny comic, but lately it has gone off the deep end.
I lost a good friend / Christmastime when folks go off the deep end / His woman took the kids and he took Klonopin / Enough to kill a man of twice his size
2013, Jason Isbell, “Relatively Easy”, in Southeastern:
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Synonyms
off the beam · wode · squirrelly · cracked · eccentric · bananas · disturbed · bughouse · mentally ill · crazy as a pet coon · nut job · barking mad · nonsane · nut · demented · screwy · psycho · crazed · doolally · lunatic · bat-shit · nutter · insane · daffy · crazy · moonsick · crazy as a cootie · crazy as a cootie bug · hatstand · distraught · fruit loops · deranged · zany · cra-cra · bread baskets · mental · unbalanced · daft · meshugge · over the edge · crazy as a bedbug · off the chain · mad · cray · cray-cray · apeshit · potty · non compos mentis · nerts · bonkers · 5150 · loony tunes · unsane · nucking futs · nutty · nutso · kooky · loon · barmy · fucked up · whacko · nuts · buggish · bats · ripshit · buggy · dotty · starkers · tonto · crackers · loopy · nutballs · batshit · batpoop · barking · whacky · weird · batty · meshigener · yampy · sicko · psychotic · batcrap · harebrained · gaga · fucked in the head · cuckoo · wackadoodle · psychoceramic · batchy · whackjob · loco · loony