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brainsick
[ breyn-sik ]
/ ˈbreɪnˌsɪk /
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adjective
insane; crazy; mad.
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OTHER WORDS FROM brainsick
brainsickly, adverbbrainsickness, nounWords nearby brainsick
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How to use brainsick in a sentence
And this man, at once unprincipled and brainsick, had in his keeping the understanding and the conscience of the unhappy Monmouth.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington MacaulayPosterity can do simply nothing for a man; nor even seem to do much if the man be not brainsick.
Past and Present|Thomas CarlyleI hope so, for I would fain think some sunny thought of the poor brainsick folk.
The Joys of Being a Woman|Winifred KirklandTo be brainsick and heartsick in a cruel and unfamiliar world is to be morbid.
The Book of Susan|Lee Wilson Dodd
British Dictionary definitions for brainsick
brainsick
/ (ˈbreɪnˌsɪk) /
adjective
relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
Derived forms of brainsick
brainsickly, adverbbrainsickness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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