crazy
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crazy
- /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/ US, UK
- /ˈkɹæɪ.zi/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪzi
Where it comes from
From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”), crackpot.
Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj).
adjective crazier · craziest
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Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
His ideas were both frightening and crazy.
Similar: 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy, batpoop, bats
- Out of control. When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.
- Very excited or enthusiastic. He went crazy when he won.
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings. Why is she so crazy about him?
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Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
crazy work
Similar: amazing
- Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. Buchanan shewed her into a room adjoining to Mr. Steele's dressing-room, and separated from it by a very crazy partition.
- Sickly, frail; diseased. Over moist and crazy brains.
adverb more crazy · most crazy
- Very, extremely. That trick was crazy good.
noun crazies
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An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?
Similar: basket case, basket weaver, crack, crackpot, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat, eccentric, fruit and nut case, fruit cake, fruit loop, fruitloop
- Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness. Then again, her whole evening was full of crazy, and she didn't know what else to do.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mad, demented, insane, loony, looney, unhinged, dotty, brainsick, softheaded, weirdo, sick, disturbed, distracted, half-baked, gaga, strange
Translations
Every language
adj insane, demented
| Español | loco, colgado, sonado, tronado, tocado, gagá |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미치다 michida |
| 日本語 | 気が狂った ki ga kurutta, 頭がおかしい atama ga okashii |
| 中文 | 瘋狂 /疯狂 fēngkuáng, 瘋 /疯 fēng |
| हिन्दी | पागल pāgal, दीवाना dīvānā |
| Português | louco, maluco, doido |
| Français | fou, insensé, avoir une araignée au plafond, chtarbé, dérangé, dingo |
| Deutsch | verrückt |
| Italiano | pazzo, matto, folle |
| Ελληνικά | τρελός trelós |
| Română | nebun, înnebunit, tulburat |
| Русский | сумасше́дший sumasšédšij, безу́мный bezúmnyj, умалишённый umališónnyj, поме́шанный poméšannyj, чо́кнутый čóknutyj, спя́тивший spjátivšij |
| Tiếng Việt | điên, điên rồ, cuồng, khùng |
| العربية | مَجْنُون majnūn, مَخْبُول maḵbūl, مَسْعُور masʕūr, أَحْمَق ʔaḥmaq |
| עברית | מְטוֹרָף metoráf, מְשׁוּגָע meshugá |
adj out of control
| Español | loco, desquiciado, creisi |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미치다 michida |
| 中文 | 瘋 /疯 fēng, 瘋狂 /疯狂 fēngkuáng |
| Português | louco, doido |
| Français | fou |
| Deutsch | verrückt |
| Italiano | impazzito, fuori di testa |
| Ελληνικά | τρελός trelós |
| Română | nebun, necontrolat |
| Русский | сумасше́дший sumasšédšij, безу́мный bezúmnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | mất kiểm soát, điên rồ |
adj very excited
| Español | venático, ideoso, ideático |
|---|---|
| Italiano | fantastico, pazzesco, incredibile |
adj in love
| Español | loco |
|---|
adv very, extremely
| Русский | обалде́нно obaldénno, офиге́нно ofigénno |
|---|
noun an insane or eccentric person
| Español | venático, ideoso |
|---|---|
| Português | louco |
| Français | fou, folle |
| Română | nebun, nebună, sonat, sonată |
| Русский | сумасше́дший sumasšédšij, поме́шанный poméšannyj, псих psix, неадеква́т neadekvát |
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