🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

fuera de sí

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfweɾa ðe ˈsi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Out-of-your-head/ˌaʊt.əv.jɔːrˈhɛd/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Estaba fuera de sí debido al estrés del trabajo."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Extremely agitated, irrational, or behaving in a wild, frantic manner as if temporarily losing one's sanity.

    "After missing his flight and losing his luggage, he was completely out-of-your-head with frustration."
  2. 2

    In a state of extreme intoxication from alcohol or drugs, resulting in a complete lack of self-control or awareness.

    "The loud music and flashing lights made everyone feel like they were out-of-your-head on adrenaline."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the colloquial idiom 'out of one's head,' combining the prepositional phrase denoting departure or separation with the anatomical seat of consciousness, thought, and sanity. Emerging in early modern English, it evolved metaphorically to describe states of extreme emotional agitation, irrationality, or intoxication where an individual is mentally detached from reality.

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