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NUTCASE
crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo
(noun) someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nutcase (plural nutcases)
(humorous) An eccentric or odd person.
(pejorative, slang) Someone who is insane.
Synonyms
• (eccentric or odd person): kook, nutbag, nutter, odd duck, wacko, weirdo; see also strange person
• (insane person): crackpot, loon, nut, nutbag, nutter, screwball, wacko; see also mad person
Anagrams
• Ceutans, cestuan
Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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