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crazy
[ krey-zee ]
adjective
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- Informal. unpredictable, nonconforming, or odd:
All I can say is she's the craziest person I know.
She always wears a crazy hat.
- Informal. senseless; nonsensical; totally unsound:
Surely you don’t plan to invest money in that crazy scheme!
Synonyms: , ,
- Informal. extremely busy, hectic, chaotic, etc.:
Yesterday was such a crazy day I hardly had time to eat.
- Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited (usually followed by about or for ):
Like many kids, he was crazy for baseball and yearned to be a professional ballplayer.
Antonyms: ,
- Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually followed by about or for ):
It's obvious he's just crazy about her.
- Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient:
I'm crazy to try those new skis.
- Informal. very annoyed, frustrated, or bothered:
It makes me crazy that some kids don't get a fair chance in life.
- Informal. having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.:
I'm back in Connecticut in a crazy twist of events, living in the same town where I grew up.
That's crazy, man, crazy.
- Archaic. likely to break or fall to pieces.
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- Archaic. weak, infirm, or sickly.
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adverb
December is a crazy busy month for us.
That new clothing store is crazy popular with teenage girls.
noun
- a person who is mentally deranged or insane.
- Informal. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball:
Next door is a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.
- the crazies, Informal. a sense of extreme unease, nervousness, or panic; extreme jitters:
The crew was starting to get the crazies from being cooped up belowdecks for so long.
crazy
/ ˈ°ì°ù±ðɪ³úɪ /
adjective
- informal.insane
- fantastic; strange; ridiculous
a crazy dream
- informal.postpositive; foll by about or over extremely fond (of)
- slang.very good or excellent
noun
- informal.a crazy person
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦°ù²¹³ú¾±±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ³¦°ù²¹³ú¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦°ù²¹Â·³ú¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
- ³¦°ù²¹Â·³ú¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-³¦°ù²¹Â·³ú²â adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- like crazy, Informal.
- with great enthusiasm or energy; to an extreme:
We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.
- with great speed or recklessness:
He drives like crazy once he's out on the highway.
More idioms and phrases containing crazy
- drive someone crazy
- like crazy
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Kemp, also known for his portrayal of the Swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, admitted Kilmer's acting methods on set sometimes appeared to be "crazy" while at other times there were "moments of absolute genius".
It sounds crazy to say it, but it's true — Donald Trump is trying to dominate the world.
She has signed a non-disclosure agreement and could not share specific names and addresses, but said: "I experienced a lot of crazy things and saw a lot of crazy things."
I tend to be a glass half-full type of person, but the president and his ideas are just so crazy sometimes.
He contended that despite their disputes he did contribute “those Emmys, people going crazy†for his music, even if it took them a while to enjoy it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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