stir-crazy

[ stur-krey-zee ]
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adjectiveSlang.

  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.

Origin of stir-crazy

1
First recorded in 1935–40; stir2 + crazy

Other words from stir-crazy

  • stir-cra·zi·ness, noun

Words Nearby stir-crazy

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How to use stir-crazy in a sentence

  • Pick it up and tell Commsubron that you went stir-crazy for a little while.

    Way of a Rebel | Walter M. Miller

British Dictionary definitions for stir-crazy

stir-crazy
adjective

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

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