Crazy

//ˈkɹeɪ.zi// adj, adv, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of unsound mind; insane; demented.

    "His ideas were both frightening and crazy."

  2. 2
    Out of control.

    "When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy."

  3. 3
    Very excited or enthusiastic.

    "He went crazy when he won."

  4. 4
    In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

    "Why is she so crazy about him?"

  5. 5
    Very unexpected; wildly surprising. informal

    "The game had a crazy ending."

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  1. 6
    Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. obsolete

    "Buchanan shewed her into a room adjoining to Mr. Steele's dressing-room, and separated from it by a very crazy partition."

  2. 7
    Sickly, frail; diseased. obsolete

    "Over moist and crazy brains."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with wordnet
  2. 2
    possessed by inordinate excitement wordnet
  3. 3
    bizarre or fantastic wordnet
  4. 4
    foolish; totally unsound wordnet
  5. 5
    affected with madness or insanity wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Very, extremely. slang

    "That trick was crazy good."

Noun
  1. 1
    An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot. countable, slang

    "Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?"

  2. 2
    someone deranged and possibly dangerous wordnet
  3. 3
    Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness. slang, uncountable

    "Then again, her whole evening was full of crazy, and she didn't know what else to do."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”).

Etymology 2

From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”).

Etymology 3

From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”).

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