stir-crazy
adjective
restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc..
stir-craziness
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a word derived from
stir-crazy.
Example Sentences
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The horror genre is perfectly positioned to reflect the worldwide case of stir-craziness we’ve endured for the last two years, and three current television dramas provide solidly made meat-and-potatoes variations on the haunted-house scenario.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022
Business tanked for a few weeks but quickly rebounded as restrictions throttled air travel and stir-craziness set in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
I found my solution to a bad case of coronavirus lockdown-induced stir-craziness in a photo attached to an old email from an ultradistance runner I once worked with.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
Over the course of those three weeks, we’ve watched as our strange, enforced domestic bubble, made of anxiety and disbelief and wonder and stir-craziness, has stretched out to encompass everyone.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
You can spend days indoors without really seeing the sea, which induces a deeper, more existential stir-craziness than on your typical boat-bound voyage.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2010
