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  • past participle of craze.
  • past tense form of craze.
Synonyms

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of crazed

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

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Grace is very not fine—sick, confused, crazed with loneliness and not even sure who he is or what he’s supposed to be doing.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

“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 Jan. 30, 2026

It brought people who saw the hordes of crazed support as a money faucet—an opportunity to turn Tesla allegiance into a financial gold mine.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2025

The sketch appeared to be a parody of a scene in Spider Man where Norman Osborne, played by Willem Dafoe, is being taunted by his crazed alter ego, the Green Goblin.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2025

It's easy to see the direction I came from by the path of destruction my crazed body made through the foliage.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

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