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as in lunatics
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
discovered some real crazies in our family tree
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as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
beleaguered government officials tried to dismiss the protesters as a bunch of crazies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazies
Noun
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So that episode will make fun [of] billionaire life-extension body-hacking lunatics.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025 -
Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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The appearance of redcoats in the streets convinced many of those in the latter camp, along with some former revolutionaries, to side with the British cause.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Is this focus a consequence of the documents and interview subjects available to you, or is the Revolution best understood by studying its principal revolutionaries?—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
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These OCORs are designed to last much longer than normal cleaning radicals.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Democrats have fostered an environment of evil, emboldening radicals to kill, steal, and destroy.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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Sabonis and Zach LaVine are fringe All-Stars most seasons, Keegan Murray is a solid wing starter who shoots and defends, DeRozan can still get midrange buckets and shot-fake fools into heaps of fouls, and Malik Monk is electric in a sixth-man role.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The result is just old-fashioned cinematic fools’ gold, in which sensationalistic blather poses as social commentary.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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India has long accused Canada – home to one of the largest Sikh populations outside India – of harboring Sikh extremists.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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No Nigerian officials will willingly, deliberately indulge in the act of siding with violent extremists to target any particular religion in this country.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Stink and bugs tend to hit inspectors that way.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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Underrated unnecessary aggressive bugs.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Crazies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazies. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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