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Crazy

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Noun

1. crazy, looney, loony, nutcase, weirdo

someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Adjective

2. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

affected with madness or insanity

Example Sentences:
'a man who had gone mad'

3. crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded

foolish; totally unsound

Example Sentences:
'a crazy scheme'
'half-baked ideas'
'a screwball proposal without a prayer of working'

4. crazy

possessed by inordinate excitement

Example Sentences:
'the crowd went crazy'
'was crazy to try his new bicycle'

5. crazy

bizarre or fantastic

Example Sentences:
'had a crazy dream'
'wore a crazy hat'

6. crazy, dotty, gaga, wild

intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

Example Sentences:
'crazy about cars and racing'
'he is potty about her'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Crazy

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adjective -zier or -ziest
1. informal
insane
2. 
fantastic; strange; ridiculous
a crazy dream
3. (postpositive; foll by about or over) informal
extremely fond (of)
4. slang
very good or excellent
nounWord forms: plural crazies
5. informal
a crazy person

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Crazy

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈcrazier or ˈcraziest
1. 
a. 
having flaws or cracks
b. 
shaky or rickety; unsound
2. 
a. 
unsound of mind; mentally unbalanced or deranged; psychopathic; insane
b. 
of or for an insane person
3. 
temporarily unbalanced, as with great excitement or rage
4.  Informal
foolish, wild, fantastic, etc.; not sensible
a crazy idea
5.  Informal
very enthusiastic or eager
crazy about the movies
interjection US
6.  Slang
used to express approval, pleasure, wonder, etc.: now rare
nounWord forms: plural ˈcrazies US
7.  Slang
an eccentric or mentally unbalanced person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Crazy

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adv.
Informal Extremely; very: That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
n. pl. cra·zies
One who is or appears to be mentally deranged: "To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).
adj. cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est
1.
a. Mentally deranged.
b. Informal Odd or eccentric in behavior.
2. Informal Departing from proportion or moderation, especially:
a. Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement: The crowd at the game went crazy.
b. Immoderately fond; infatuated: was crazy about boys.
c. Intensely involved or preoccupied: is crazy about cars and racing.
d. Foolish or impractical; senseless: a crazy scheme for making quick money.
e. Intensely annoyed or irritated: It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.
3. Disorderly or askew: One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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