What is another word for haywire?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈe͡ɪwa͡ɪ͡ə], [ hˈeɪwaɪə], [ h_ˈeɪ_w_aɪə]
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Similar words for haywire:
- amiss (adjective)
- broken (adjective)
- confused (adjective)
- flaky (adjective)
- haywire (adjective)
- higgledy-piggledy (adjective)
- inverted (adjective)
- on the blink (adjective)
- on the fritz (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- out of order (adjective)
- overturned (adjective)
- upside-down (adjective)
- around the bend (noun)
- balmy (noun)
- barmy (noun)
- bats (noun)
- batty (noun)
- bonkers (noun)
- buggy (noun)
- cracked (noun)
- crackers (noun)
- daft (noun)
- dotty (noun)
- fruity (noun)
- haywire (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- aroused
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Haywire:
adj.
• amiss (adjective)- awry,
- fallacious,
- inaccurate,
- erroneous,
- inappropriate,
- imperfect,
- faulty,
- sick,
- unlawful,
- incorrect,
- foul,
- crooked,
- erring,
- mistaken,
- false,
- bad,
- untoward,
- unfair,
- improper,
- haywire,
- unsuitable.
- out,
- weak,
- spent,
- exhausted,
- down,
- wrecked,
- unsatisfactory,
- gone,
- out of commission,
- shot,
- busted,
- wracked,
- ruined,
- screwed up,
- on the shelf,
- feeble,
- disabled,
- in need of repair,
- run-down,
- on the fritz,
- coming unglued,
- kaput.
- miscellaneous,
- jumbled,
- disarranged,
- snarled,
- Obscured,
- topsy-turvy,
- miscalculated,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- in a muddle,
- topsyturvy,
- unsettled,
- in disarray,
- disorderly,
- anarchic,
- misunderstood,
- untidy,
- snafu,
- involved,
- blurred.
- disordered,
- out to lunch,
- schizo,
- psycho,
- insane,
- chaotic,
- in pieces,
- unbalanced,
- in a mess,
- disorganized,
- erratic,
- Orderless,
- amok,
- screwball,
- unhinged,
- berserk,
- nuts,
- unglued,
- defective,
- messy,
- mad,
- crazed,
- wacky,
- Flipped.
- top.
- upended,
- bottom up,
- fallen apart,
- glitched up,
- in chaos,
- overturned,
- out of order,
- wrong-side-up,
- amiss,
- in disrepair,
- in the shop,
- coming unstuck,
- inverted,
- upside-down,
- gone to pot,
- malfunctioning,
- not working,
- wrong way,
- inoperable,
- out of whack,
- broken,
- downside-up,
- on the blink,
- flawed,
- gone to pieces,
- bottom-side-up,
- out of kilter,
- bottom side up,
- confused,
- not functioning,
- on head.
n.
• around the bend (noun) • balmy (noun) • barmy (noun) • bats (noun)- bats.
- daft.
- loony,
- loco,
- wrong,
- nonfunctional,
- kooky,
- the matter,
- loopy,
- whacky,
- kookie,
- round the bend.
- wire.
Other synonyms:
• aroused • Other relevant words (noun):- easy,
- beany,
- in disorder,
- foolish,
- roughened,
- out of place,
- perplexed,
- crackbrained,
- chapped,
- meshuga,
- deranged,
- roily,
- certifiable,
- maniacal,
- fatuous,
- dippy,
- in love,
- untimely,
- infatuated,
- yeasty,
- out of control,
- misplaced,
- ridiculous,
- fastener,
- turbid,
- zany,
- askew,
- potty,
- psychotic,
- inefficient,
- enamored,
- discomfited,
- silly,
- bust,
- zestful,
- disorganised,
- lopsided,
- Corybantic,
- zesty,
- Shuffled,
- out of gear,
- sappy,
- nobody home,
- order,
- mild,
- upset,
- undue,
- soft,
- bugs,
- nutlike,
- brainsick,
- cockamamy,
- slaphappy,
- crackled,
- muddled,
- inoperative,
- button,
- out of joint,
- Convulsed,
- non-functional,
- childish,
- lenient,
- off the track,
- cockeyed,
- benign,
- unfaithful,
- bedlam,
- wonky,
- alligatored,
- out of condition,
- screwballs,
- unreasonable,
- unseasonable,
- disconcerted,
- cockamamie,
- undesirable,
- mental,
- immoderate,
- broken-down,
- scatty,
- matter,
- untrue,
- moonstruck,
- crackpot,
- dislocated,
- turbulent,
- ill timed,
- cranky,
- demented,
- badly timed,
- lunatic,
- WUD,
- cuckoo,
- psychopathic,
- touched,
- Luny,
- Daffy,
- unsound,
- girth,
- premature,
- discomposed,
- wild,
- extravagant,
- gaga,
- bughouse,
- disturbed,
- off one's rocker,
- bananas,
- freaked-out,
- non-functioning,
- wacko,
- excessive,
- distraught,
- upside down,
- kablooie,
- absurd,
- perturbed,
- lacing.
How to use "Haywire" in context?
Haywire is a 2005 British-American neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Peter Segal. Colin Farrell stars as haywire Scot Harvath, a security analyst who is drafted into a black-ops team to take down a terrorist ring. The film co-stars Rosamund Pike, Jamie Foxx, and Jeff Bridges.
Haywire was released in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2005, and in the United States on January 20, 2006. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing over $200 million worldwide.
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