crazy
Americanadjective
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mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- Antonyms:
- sane
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Informal. unpredictable, nonconforming, or odd.
All I can say is she's the craziest person I know.
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Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular.
She always wears a crazy hat.
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Informal. senseless; nonsensical; totally unsound.
Surely you don’t plan to invest money in that crazy scheme!
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Informal. extremely busy, hectic, chaotic, etc..
Yesterday was such a crazy day I hardly had time to eat.
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Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited (usually followed by about orfor ).
Like many kids, he was crazy for baseball and yearned to be a professional ballplayer.
- Antonyms:
- dispassionate, cool
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Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually followed by about orfor ).
It's obvious he's just crazy about her.
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Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient.
I'm crazy to try those new skis.
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Informal. very annoyed, frustrated, or bothered.
It makes me crazy that some kids don't get a fair chance in life.
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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.
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Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect.
That's crazy, man, crazy.
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Archaic. likely to break or fall to pieces.
- Synonyms:
- passionate, impassioned, ardent
- Antonyms:
- stable
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Archaic. weak, infirm, or sickly.
adverb
noun
plural
crazies-
a person who is mentally deranged or insane.
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Informal. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball.
Next door is a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.
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Informal. the crazies, 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
adjective
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informal insane
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fantastic; strange; ridiculous
a crazy dream
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informal (postpositive; foll by about or over) extremely fond (of)
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slang very good or excellent
noun
Related Words
See mad.
Other Word Forms
- crazily adverb
- craziness noun
- half-crazy adjective
Etymology
Origin of crazy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The twist, of course, is that while he thinks it’s all real, everyone else is an actor orchestrating crazy scenarios to test his responses.
From MarketWatch
But the effervescent co-host of the hit “Girls Gotta Eat” podcast will do more than just tell her “crazy, insane stories for an hour.”
From Los Angeles Times
To be fair, she hasn’t met my crazy friends.
Between songs, she chats away about situations that inspired her; and takes a moment to reflect on the crazy ascent she's had over the last 12 months.
From BBC
"So, to then go on your phone and find that you can't even get a bar? It's crazy."
From BBC
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