half-crazed
- a word derived from crazed.
Example Sentences
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The half-crazed King, magnificently sung by the ever-disruptive Timur, lusts after Salome by speaking and singing at different speeds he selects on a metronome, as he entices her to type for him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Since as early as the 19th century, critics have derided people who choose not to eat meat as "odd" or even "half-crazed."
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
The official is Charity Dean, who sounds a little like the half-crazed scientist in a science fiction movie, suddenly realizing that the aliens are about to land.
From New York Times • May 6, 2021
By this point, Wafa and his friends were half-crazed with hunger.
From The Verge • Nov. 19, 2019
But she came bursting into the dining room, circled them frantically, and jumped, half-crazed, right onto Albert’s bed.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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