stir-crazy

[stur-krey-zee]

adjective

Slang.

1. Informal.,  restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc..

   I was stir-crazy after just two months of keeping house.

2. mentally ill because of long imprisonment.

stir-crazy

adjective

1. slang,  mentally disturbed as a result of being in prison or otherwise confined

Other Word Forms

• stir-craziness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stir-crazy¹

First recorded in 1935–40; stir ² + crazy