crazy

¹cra·zy

adj \ˈkrā-zē\

cra·zi·ercra·zi·est

Definition of CRAZY

1

a : full of cracks or flaws : unsound <they were very crazy, wretched cabins — Charles Dickens> b : crooked, askew

2

a : mad, insane <yelling like a crazy man> b (1) : impractical <a crazy plan> (2) : erratic <crazy drivers> c : being out of the ordinary : unusual <a taste for crazy hats>

3

a : distracted with desire or excitement <a thrill-crazy mob> b : absurdly fond : infatuated <he's crazy about the girl> c : passionately preoccupied : obsessed <crazy about boats>

— cra·zi·ly \-zə-lē\ adverb

— cra·zi·ness \-zē-nəs\ noun

— like crazy

: to an extreme degree <everyone dancing like crazy>

Examples of CRAZY

1. a hospital for crazy people
2. He's been acting kind of crazy lately.
3. There are a lot of crazy drivers on the streets.
4. You are crazy to have paid so much for this car.
5. You would be crazy not to accept their offer!
6. What a crazy thing to do!

First Known Use of CRAZY

1566

Related to CRAZY

Synonyms: absurd, bizarre, fantastic, fanciful, foolish, insane, nonsensical, preposterous, unreal, wild

Antonyms: realistic, reasonable

Related Words: implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable; extravagant, grotesque; bizarro, curious, eccentric, far-out, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird; farcical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous; Alice-in-Wonderland, Kafkaesque, nightmarish; dreamlike, surreal

Near Antonyms: clear, lucid, rational, reasonable; judicious, sensible, wise; healthy, normal, well-adjusted; unneurotic

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Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with CRAZY

daisy, hazy, lazy, mazy