crazy
Informal. unpredictable, nonconforming, or odd: All I can say is she's the craziest person I know.
Informal. senseless; nonsensical; totally unsound: Surely you don’t plan to invest money in that crazy scheme!
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.
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.
Archaic. likely to break or fall to pieces.
Archaic. weak, infirm, or sickly.
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.
Idioms about crazy
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.
Origin of crazy
1synonym study For crazy
Other words for crazy
Opposites for crazy
Other words from crazy
- cra·zi·ly, adverb
- cra·zi·ness, noun
- half-cra·zy, adjective
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How to use crazy in a sentence
In 2015 I am looking forward to working with more people in the industry and doing crazier and crazier scenes!
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's been hectic for Pragnell ever since he left Purdue and something tells me it's only going to get crazier.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTruly, and tragically, this not-so-secret war between Russia and Ukraine is getting crazier all the time.
Russia Lies About Invading Ukraine as It Invades Ukraine | Anna Nemtsova | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause as life gets more hectic and schedules get crazier, these are the people who seem to have it all together.
Face It—We Rubes Will Never Live Like Gwyneth and Jennifer Aniston | Rachel Bertsche | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the local psychiatrists attest, the situation grows crazier by the day.
Kiev Is Blowing Its Chance to Take Back East Ukraine | Jamie Dettmer | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I must have been crazier than ever, more wildly insane than I had been for the past month, to even think of such a thing.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine | Joseph C. LincolnBesides, you can't collect from a crazy man, Connorton; and I'm getting crazier every minute.
Wisconsin in Story and Song; | VariousGordon stared at them slowly, not quite believing it, even though it was no crazier than anything else during the past few hours.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyCrazier'n you were over the Breed's woman, only he didn't have the nerve.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone | James Oliver Curwood"Crazier over you every day—and you know it, too, you sly little puss," he answered dreamily.
The Foolish Virgin | Thomas Dixon
British Dictionary definitions for crazy
/ (ˈkreɪzɪ) /
informal insane
fantastic; strange; ridiculous: a crazy dream
(postpositive; foll by about or over) informal extremely fond (of)
slang very good or excellent
informal a crazy person
Derived forms of crazy
- crazily, adverb
- craziness, noun
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
Other Idioms and Phrases with crazy
In addition to the idioms beginning with crazy
- crazy about, be
- crazy like a fox
also see:
- drive someone crazy
- like crazy
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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