Definition of headcase in English:

headcase

noun ˈhɛdkeɪs

British informal

A mentally ill or unstable person.
Example sentencesExamples
- I refuse to change it because of one complete and utter headcase.
- I wouldn't want to tangle with that other headcase.
- He was a headcase all dinner and he reeked of eau de scotch.
- He has gone from thinking, ‘She's a headcase,’ to, ‘She seems like a complex, intriguing yet flawed human being, in whom I may still have an interest.’
- The producers seem to take the most fragile of headcases from our TV slots and ram them into a house stuffed with other fragile headcases.
- I refuse to accept that it can be statistically possible for the Conservative Party in the country to contain a higher percentage of headcases.
- I at least hope I have convinced you that my mom is a headcase and look forward to cathartically yet necessarily reviewing the insanity of my father next Saturday.
- You can admit you like theatre and nobody thinks you're a headcase.
- ‘This headcase barricades himself in a room with a set of drums, a $20 Casio keyboard, a guitar and a bass and emerges with the coolest, weirdest record of the past year.’
- ‘She thought it was a joke, that I was some kind of headcase,’ Dwan says.
- I like to think I'm polite. From my boxing, people think I'm a headcase, but I surprise people when they meet me.
- A quiet descended so deep and calm that I felt sure the person had left, gone to pound on some other headcase's front door, but then whoever-it-was knocked again.
- With the near-constant turmoil he's been through in two years at Minnesota - NCAA sanctions, a new coach, an academic mess - there are whispers that he could be a headcase.
- Stop being such an emotional headcase, she mentally scolded herself.
- I would recommend this workout to anyone, married or single, because it makes you fit and makes you more lethal than the headcase who has his eye on you.
- And, because the sets are still not used by a mass-market audience, you do look like a headcase in public places speaking, apparently, into nothingness.
- The strange thing is, after the exam incident, I turned into this lazy, scruffy headcase.
- Of their surviving sons, Tilden is a taciturn headcase while Bradley is a sadistic brute who chopped off one of his legs with a chainsaw.
- You're gonna meet some headcases on this shift!
- Let's keep this headcase and his howler-monkeys out of office for another term.
Synonyms
madman/madwoman, maniac, lunatic
informal loony, nut, nutcase, nutjob, nutter, fruitcake, cuckoo, basket case, headbanger, schizo, crank, crackpot, oddball, weirdo, weirdie, sicko
British informal odd bod
Scottish informal radge
North American informal screwball, crazy, kook, geek, nutso, meshuggener, wacko, wack
US informal wing nut, wackadoo, wackadoodle
North American &amp Australian/New Zealand informal dingbat
informal, dated case

单词	headcase
释义	Definition of headcase in English: headcase noun ˈhɛdkeɪs British informal A mentally ill or unstable person. Example sentencesExamples I refuse to change it because of one complete and utter headcase. I wouldn't want to tangle with that other headcase. He was a headcase all dinner and he reeked of eau de scotch. He has gone from thinking, ‘She's a headcase,’ to, ‘She seems like a complex, intriguing yet flawed human being, in whom I may still have an interest.’ The producers seem to take the most fragile of headcases from our TV slots and ram them into a house stuffed with other fragile headcases. I refuse to accept that it can be statistically possible for the Conservative Party in the country to contain a higher percentage of headcases. I at least hope I have convinced you that my mom is a headcase and look forward to cathartically yet necessarily reviewing the insanity of my father next Saturday. You can admit you like theatre and nobody thinks you're a headcase. ‘This headcase barricades himself in a room with a set of drums, a $20 Casio keyboard, a guitar and a bass and emerges with the coolest, weirdest record of the past year.’ ‘She thought it was a joke, that I was some kind of headcase,’ Dwan says. I like to think I'm polite. From my boxing, people think I'm a headcase, but I surprise people when they meet me. A quiet descended so deep and calm that I felt sure the person had left, gone to pound on some other headcase's front door, but then whoever-it-was knocked again. With the near-constant turmoil he's been through in two years at Minnesota - NCAA sanctions, a new coach, an academic mess - there are whispers that he could be a headcase. Stop being such an emotional headcase, she mentally scolded herself. I would recommend this workout to anyone, married or single, because it makes you fit and makes you more lethal than the headcase who has his eye on you. And, because the sets are still not used by a mass-market audience, you do look like a headcase in public places speaking, apparently, into nothingness. The strange thing is, after the exam incident, I turned into this lazy, scruffy headcase. Of their surviving sons, Tilden is a taciturn headcase while Bradley is a sadistic brute who chopped off one of his legs with a chainsaw. You're gonna meet some headcases on this shift! Let's keep this headcase and his howler-monkeys out of office for another term. Synonyms madman/madwoman, maniac, lunatic informal loony, nut, nutcase, nutjob, nutter, fruitcake, cuckoo, basket case, headbanger, schizo, crank, crackpot, oddball, weirdo, weirdie, sicko British informal odd bod Scottish informal radge North American informal screwball, crazy, kook, geek, nutso, meshuggener, wacko, wack US informal wing nut, wackadoo, wackadoodle North American &amp Australian/New Zealand informal dingbat informal, dated case
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