crazed

[kreyzd]

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

/ kreɪzd /

adjective

1. driven insane

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

Other Word Forms

• crazedly adverb
• half-crazed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crazed¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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He had big, curling horns and a crazed look in his eyes.

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I look dazed, glazed and, when I’m really trying to shine, crazed.

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The crazed fiend, no surprise, is said to crawl about like a cat and tear into his human victims as if they were canaries.

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Related Words

• demented 
• deranged 
• frenzied 
• hysterical