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crazed

American  
[kreyzd] / kreɪzd /

adjective

  1. insane; demented.

  2. suffering loss of emotional control.

    crazed with fear.

  3. (of a ceramic object) having small cracks in the glaze.

crazed British  
/ kreɪzd /

adjective

  1. driven insane

  2. (of porcelain or pottery) having a fine network of cracks in the glaze

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Other Word Forms

  • crazedly adverb
  • half-crazed adjective

Etymology

Origin of crazed

1425–75; late Middle English. See craze, -ed 2

Example Sentences

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He wasn’t a crazed football fan or a flighty 30-something bachelor, but an outdoorsman who loved mountain biking away from the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was quite a display of abuse and anger, for all to see, crazed and out of control. The ICE Officer was calm and cool, not an easy thing to be under those circumstances!”

From Salon

I hollered, swinging out of the tree like a crazed squirrel and racing to her side.

From Literature

My biggest outlay has been for the skinny tires, which my wife, Tina, wears out like a crazed teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal

These buyouts are absurd, an outgrowth of a crazed marketplace and undeniably screwy optics at a state university.

From The Wall Street Journal

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