haywire, adj.
not functioning properly
<adj.all> (p) (p) (p) freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
amiss awry haywire wrong
sample sentences
"something is amiss""has gone completely haywire"
"something is wrong with the engine"
semantic pointers
similar to
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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around the bend balmy barmy bats batty bonkers buggy cracked crackers daft dotty fruity haywire kookie kooky loco loony loopy nuts nutty round the bend wacky whacky