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How to pronounce insane in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms harebrained, mad


took insane risks behind the wheel.
Type Words
Derivation insaneness, insanity


was declared insane.
insane laughter.

Examples of insane

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I would say I'll do a better job next year, but let's be honest, this is insane.
From the time.com
It is insane that the richest state and richest country are in financial crises.
From the latimes.com
That all of this was essentially insane is obvious, but it was limited in scope.
From the washingtonpost.com
People said we should record the actors one at a time, but I said that's insane.
From the stltoday.com
It sounds like something an insane doctor might administer to a depressed plant.
From the newscientist.com
I live in MA and never liked him much, but at least he is not completely insane.
From the economist.com
All along I thought it would be her idea of retribution, these insane postcards.
From the theatlantic.com
It's as insane as his reports for Stewart, and he still has that British accent.
From the sacbee.com
It was snowing the day I moved here, and the drivers seemed to have gone insane.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
  • Harebrained: very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
  • (insanely) in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly"
  • (insanely) madly: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
  • (insaneness) lunacy: obsolete terms for legal insanity
  • (insanity) relatively permanent disorder of the mind
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  • INSANE is a proprietary INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine developed at LucasArts, primarily by programmer/game designer Vincent Lee. ...
  • Insane is the debut album from singer/songwriter Scarlett Pomers, through her band SCARLETT. The EP was released January 7th, 2010 through her official website and iTunes.