haywire

Noun

1. wire for tying up bales of hay
   • Less specific
     • wire

Adjective

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”
   • Synonyms
     • balmy
     • barmy
     • bats
     • batty
     • bonkers
     • buggy
     • cracked
     • crackers
     • daft
     • dotty
     • fruity
     • kooky
     • kookie
     • loco
     • loony
     • loopy
     • nuts
     • nutty
     • round the bend
     • around the bend
     • wacky
     • whacky
   • Similar to
     • insane
   • Related
     • addle-head
     • addlehead
     • loon
     • birdbrain
     • kook
     • odd fellow
     • odd fish
     • queer bird
     • queer duck
     • odd man out
     • craziness
     • daftness
     • flakiness
2. not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
   • Synonyms
     • amiss
     • awry
     • wrong
   • Similar to
     • malfunctioning
     • nonfunctional

• haywire - LookUp Adjective

1. Informal erratic; out of control her imagination had gone haywire

Thesaurus

Adjective

1. a bug that makes computers go haywire

Similar Words: out of control out of order erratic faulty not functioning properly chaotic confused crazy wild disorganized disordered topsy-turvy on the blink shambolic up the spout wonky

Opposites: in order under control