'haywire' definitions:
Definition of 'haywire'
From: WordNet
adjective
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky]
adjective
Not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)]
noun
Wire for tying up bales of hay
Synonyms of 'haywire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amiss,
- askew,
- awry,
- balmy,
- bananas,
- barmy,
- bats,
- batty,
- beany,
- bonkers,
- broken,
- buggy,
- bughouse,
- bugs,
- cockeyed,
- convulsed,
- crackers,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- deranged,
- dippy,
- disarranged,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- disorganized,
- disturbed,
- dotty,
- flaky,
- flipped,
- freaked-out,
- fruitcakey,
- fruity,
- gaga,
- goofy,
- in disorder,
- in disrepair,
- inoperative,
- just plain nuts,
- kooky,
- loony,
- loopy,
- misplaced,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- off the hinges,
- off the track,
- off the wall,
- on the blink,
- on the fritz,
- out of commission,
- out of condition,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- out of kelter,
- out of kilter,
- out of order,
- out of place,
- out of repair,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- perturbed,
- potty,
- roily,
- round the bend,
- screwball,
- screwballs,
- screwy,
- shuffled,
- slaphappy,
- turbid,
- turbulent,
- unsettled,
- upset,
- wacky