CRAZING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

crazing

verb

present participle of craze

as in bothering

to cause to go insane or as if insane horses crazed by the barn fire kicked out their stall doors as they tried to escape

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Wasps are generally more interested in building their colony and finding food than in bothering people.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
But after going ahead, England manager Thomas Tuchel tried to shut the back door by throwing on countless defenders and not bothering to attack Argentina anymore.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of bothering

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Plus, Bluetooth headphone pairing lets students watch TV late at night without disturbing roommates.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026
Just like us, most plants suffer from heat stress that is exacerbated by disturbing their vascular system during a heat wave.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 July 2026

Definition of disturbing

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As part of the last step to cracking the cold case, direct DNA testing confirmed Edwards’ identity.

— Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Although braids wind their way into many different areas of science, from protein folding to string theory, simply cracking the century-old case was enough of a reward for the trio.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of cracking

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Freeland resembles Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, drawing back the curtain that hides the smoke machine when the Wizard of Oz is not a wizard at all, but a carnival illusionist distracting the population.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Depicting that dress faithfully would likely be distracting to a modern audience and leave the film unmarketable.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of distracting

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Sure, the mandatory hydration breaks added for all games (including those in domed stadiums with air conditioning) and a first-ever halftime show in the final were maddening for the soccer purists.

— Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 20 July 2026
The sound is not just big and bold, but scrubbed clean by AI with the goal of maddening perfection.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of maddening

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Experts argue that while autism doesn't excuse criminal acts, failing to understand its impact risks confusing impaired social reasoning with criminal intent, leading to unjust outcomes.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
How Patients Can Choose More Carefully Istanbul has a lot of options, which can feel both useful and also confusing at the same time.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of confusing

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Of course, this would depend on whether the managers choose to pick their strongest teams in what for some is a meaningless, even annoying extra fixture, for squads who just want to go home.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026
The Manchester City star is fully back to his 2024 Ballon d’Or-winning self, marshaling the middle, providing amazing connection between the front and back and even annoying the French players with some gamesmanship near the end.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

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