Synonyms for haywire
ˈheɪˌwaɪər

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1. haywire(adj)

   wire for tying up bales of hay

   Antonyms:
   sane, functioning

2. 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(adj)

   informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

   "it used to drive my husband balmy"

   Synonyms:
   crackers, nutlike, roughened, round the bend, bats, gaga, cockamamy, zesty, buggy, dotty, soft, wacky, kooky, daft, fruity, alligatored, zestful, kookie, nuts, sappy, bonkers, cracked, nutty, wrong(p), loco, wild, chapped, zany, silly, amiss(p), mild, awry(p), batty, crazy, loony, yeasty, barmy, cockamamie, goofy, around the bend, balmy, loopy, whacky

   Antonyms:
   functioning, sane

3. amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)(adj)

   not functioning properly

   "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"

   Antonyms:
   sane, functioning

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1. haywire(noun)

   Synonyms:
   baler twine

2. haywire(adjective)

   Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).

   Synonyms:
   baler twine

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1. Dean Headley:

   They have put the same number of people in fewer airplanes, anytime the system ramps up, it goes haywire.

2. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:

   Mohammad Zargham plan went haywire because people fought back.

3. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke:

   He was banking on the fear factor. … Faisel Mohammad plan went haywire because people fought back, faisel Mohammad got so befuddled at the activities that happened ; it took the script away from Faisel Mohammad.

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