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crazy Definition

crazy (krā)

adjective -·zier, -·zi·est

    1. having flaws or cracks
    2. shaky or rickety; unsound
    1. unsound of mind; mentally unbalanced or deranged; psychopathic; insane
    2. of or for an insane person
  1. temporarily unbalanced, as with great excitement or rage
  2. Informal foolish, wild, fantastic, etc.; not sensible a crazy idea
  3. Informal very enthusiastic or eager crazy about the movies

Etymology: < craze

Slang used to express approval, pleasure, wonder, etc.: now rare

noun pl. -·zies

Slang an eccentric or mentally unbalanced person

crazy Related Forms

cra·zily adverb cra·zi·ness noun

crazy Idioms

like crazy

Informal with great energy, intensity, etc.; without restraint

crazy Synonyms

crazy

modif.

crazed, demented, mad; see absurd, insane 1, stupid 1.

crazy Usage Examples

Preposition: about

ember: So if your man's crazy about the ember, men's moissanite wedding rings would just be a perfect wedding gift for him.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • drive: Behind his icy façade lay something ominous, unspoken; the mystery drove both sexes crazy.
  • go: Durham City Center is to going to go food crazy on Saturday 8th October.

Modifies a noun

  • golf: Take a ride on the electric cars or test your skills on the crazy golf.
  • paving: The ' water feature ' side of the crazy paving remained fairly tidy... .
  • antic: We were frequently rewarded with nose rubs and his endless crazy antics!
  • fool: I'm just waiting for a response along the lines of ' thats by design crazy fool ' , or similar...
  • frog: I hope talk is xmas No 1. Its up against the crazy frog again!
  • guy: The part with the crazy guy in the bunker was quite simply rubbish.

Modifying Another Word

  • downright: Lots of mums and dads think it's too violent but it's just downright crazy!
  • kinda: It reminded me of some kinda crazy dysfunctional family.
  • absolutely: The idea that the BBC is biased just seems absolutely crazy to me.
  • pretty: To most mums, that must seem a pretty crazy life choice.
  • totally: This coming weekend is likely to be totally crazy.

Infinitive complement

miss: With all this going on in the flat, you'd be crazy to miss it!

Used with adjective complement

  • stir: I think you will be ok to let them out now they must be going stir crazy.
  • go: Two tracks I used to go crazy to back in the day!
  • seem: You may find that an idea that seemed crazy at the time suddenly seems much more solid.
  • sound: I mean less than 10 years ago this discussion would have sounded crazy to a lot of people.

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