Word forms: comparative crazier, superlative craziest, plural crazies
1. adjective
If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
[informal, disapproval]
People thought they were all crazy to try to make money from manufacturing.
That's why he's got so caught up with this crazy idea about Mr. Trancas.
...that crazy, mixed-up world out there.
crazilyadverb [ADVERB after verb, ADVERB adjective]
The teenagers shook their long, black hair and gesticulated crazily.
Our policies are crazily extravagant and very destructive.
crazinessuncountable noun
We had to have a sense of humour because of the craziness of it all.
2. adjective
Someone who is crazy is insane.
[informal]
If I sat home and worried about all this stuff, I'd go crazy.
He strides around the room beaming like a crazy man.
Crazy is also a noun.
Outside, mumbling, was one of New York's ever-present crazies.
3. adjective
If you are crazy about something, you are very enthusiastic about it. If you are notcrazyabout something, you do not like it.
[informal]
He's still crazy about both his work and his hobbies. [+ about]
I'm also not crazy about the initial terms of the deal.
Crazy is also a combining form.
This city is football-crazy and deserves a top side.
4. adjective
If you are crazy about someone, you are deeply in love with them.
[informal]
None of that matters, because we're crazy about each other. [+ about]
5. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If something or someone makes you crazy or drives you crazy, they make you extremely annoyed or upset.
[informal]
This sitting around is driving me crazy.
When Jock woke up and found you gone he went crazy.
6.
See like crazy
More Synonyms of crazy
crazy in British English
(ˈkreɪzɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -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: pluralcrazies
5. informal
a crazy person
Derived forms
crazily (ˈcrazily)
adverb
craziness (ˈcraziness)
noun
crazy in American English
(ˈkreɪzi)
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: pluralˈcrazies US
7. Slang
an eccentric or mentally unbalanced person
Idioms:
like crazy
Derived forms
crazily (ˈcrazily)
adverb
craziness (ˈcraziness)
noun
Word origin
< craze
More idioms containing
crazy
crazy as a bedbug
Examples of 'crazy' in a sentence
crazy
Players fight like crazy because the fans come to watch them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was so crazy it might just work!
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet the incident was another example of how crazy things can get between the clubs.
The Sun (2016)
Sometimes you feel you need something crazy that changes your luck.
The Sun (2016)
Will the wider world continue to go crazy for the luxury handbag?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We lost six members of staff and to replace that with one seems a bit crazy.
The Sun (2016)
Yet yesterday was all about the crazy sums for good, but hardly great players.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I was crazy about this woman.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He added: 'It is so crazy.
The Sun (2016)
He was also tagged crazy for taking his squad on a camping trip to a remote Swedish forest as part of their pre-season.
The Sun (2016)
This crazy award also opens the path for similar ludicrous claims.
The Sun (2010)
He is crazy about football and he works on himself and also on his body.
The Sun (2015)
To have your own song is just crazy.
The Sun (2013)
Who is the craziest person you know?
The Sun (2006)
We know they can make you go crazy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Where do people get these crazy ideas?
Christianity Today (2000)
We just remembered all these crazy things.
The Sun (2007)
The needles have got so much thinner and you can do such crazy stuff.
The Sun (2014)
You do sometimes need a rock band to do something crazy.
The Sun (2013)
The weather this week appears to have gone crazy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We ran around and went a bit crazy.
The Sun (2016)
There was also a crazy sense of chaos.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was a tough game and the whole thing was just crazy.
The Sun (2015)
Then continue to exercise like a crazy person for the rest of the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That is the part that makes you crazy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We spend half our time batting off their crazy policy ideas.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So why does she say crazy things?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The banks are not doing that crazy stuff any more.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
To me climbing has always been a fantastic way of doing something crazy and dangerous.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Or go crazy and use it in the shower as an indulgent washing gel.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That would send me a little bit crazy.
The Sun (2014)
You are closer to thirty and have a few lines you are not too crazy about under your eyes.
Brumberg, Elaine Take Care of Your Skin (1990)
He just fancied her like crazy.
The Sun (2016)
He said: 'It would be crazy to talk about leaving this club.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
crazy
British English: crazy /ˈkreɪzɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
Some people think I was crazy to take this job.
American English: crazy
Arabic: مَجْنُون
Brazilian Portuguese: louco
Chinese: 疯狂的
Croatian: lud
Czech: bláznivý
Danish: skør
Dutch: gek
European Spanish: loco
Finnish: älytön
French: fou
German: verrückt
Greek: τρελός
Italian: pazzo
Japanese: 無茶な
Korean: 미친
Norwegian: gal
Polish: szalony
European Portuguese: louco
Romanian: nebun
Russian: сумасшедший
Latin American Spanish: loco
Swedish: galen
Thai: บ้า
Turkish: çılgın
Ukrainian: божевільний
Vietnamese: điên
All related terms of 'crazy'
sex-crazy
unhealthily obsessed with sexual activity
crazy bone
→ funny bone
crazy golf
a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
Crazy Horse
Native American name Ta-Sunko-Witko . ?1849–77, Sioux chief, remembered for his attempts to resist White settlement in Sioux territory
crazy house
a psychiatric hospital
crazy quilt
a patchwork quilt made from assorted pieces of material of irregular shape, size , and colour
half-crazy
somewhat crazy
like crazy
You use like crazy to emphasize that something happens to a great degree.
stir-crazy
mentally disturbed as a result of being in prison or otherwise confined
crazy eights
a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck , the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit
crazy paving
Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
crazy as a bedbug
not at all sensible or practical
like anything/crazy/mad
You can use the expressions like anything , like crazy , or like mad to emphasize that someone is doing something or something is happening in a very energetic or noticeable way.
funny bone
Your funny bone is the soft part of your elbow which gives you an uncomfortable feeling on your skin if it is hit .
Chinese translation of 'crazy'
crazy
(ˈkreɪzɪ) (inf)
adj
(= mad) 发(發)疯(瘋)的 (fāfēng de)
to be crazy about sth/doing sth对(對)某事/做某事着(著)迷 (duì mǒushì/zuò mǒushì zháomí)
to be crazy about sb为(為)某人神魂颠(顛)倒 (wèi mǒurén shénhún diāndǎo)
to go crazy发(發)疯(瘋) (fāfēng)
to make or drive sb crazy使某人心烦(煩)意乱(亂) (shǐ mǒurén xīnfán yìluàn)
like crazy拼命 (pīnmìng)
All related terms of 'crazy'
like crazy
拼命 pīnmìng
to go crazy
发(發)疯(瘋) fāfēng
to be crazy about sb
为(為)某人神魂颠(顛)倒 wèi mǒurén shénhún diāndǎo
to make or drive sb crazy
使某人心烦(煩)意乱(亂) shǐ mǒurén xīnfán yìluàn
how crazy/stupid can you get?
你怎么(麼)变(變)得这(這)样(樣)疯(瘋)狂/愚蠢呢？ nǐ zěnme biàn de zhèyàng fēngkuáng/yúchǔn ne?
to be crazy about sth/doing sth
对(對)某事/做某事着(著)迷 duì mǒushì/zuò mǒushì zháomí
1 (adjective)
The story lurches from one crazy situation to another.
Synonyms
strange
There was something strange about the flickering blue light.
odd
Something odd began to happen.
bizarre
That book you lent me is really bizarre.
fantastic
silly
weird
I don't like that guy – he's really weird.
ridiculous
outrageous
peculiar
She has a very peculiar sense of humour.
eccentric
an eccentric character who wears a beret and sunglasses
rum (British, slang)
It was a rum sort of joke.
oddball (informal)
cray cray (slang)
cockamamie (slang, mainly US)
out there (slang)
off the air (Australian, slang)
porangi (New Zealand)
daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
his slightly daggy hobby of collecting novelty tea towels
Opposites
common
,
normal
,
regular
,
usual
,
ordinary
,
conventional
,
orthodox
2 (adjective)
Definition
ridiculous
(informal)
I know it sounds a crazy idea, but hear me out.
Synonyms
ridiculous
It was an absolutely ridiculous decision.
wild
I was just a kid and full of wild ideas.
absurd
They go to absurd lengths just to avoid paying a few pounds.
inappropriate
foolish
It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
ludicrous
It's a completely ludicrous idea.
irresponsible
It would be irresponsible to accept unrealistic targets.
unrealistic
their unrealistic expectations of parenthood
unwise
It would be unwise to expect too much.
senseless
acts of senseless violence
preposterous
The whole idea was preposterous.
potty (British, informal)
short-sighted
unworkable
foolhardy
idiotic
What an idiotic thing to say!
nonsensical
It seemed to me that Sir Robert's arguments were nonsensical.
half-baked (informal)
another half-baked scheme that isn't going to work
inane
He always had this inane grin.
fatuous
That is not a fatuous argument, it has to be taken seriously.
ill-conceived
quixotic
imprudent
an imprudent investment he made many years ago
impracticable
cockeyed (informal)
She has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a big movie star.
bird-brained (informal)
cockamamie (slang, mainly US)
porangi (New Zealand)
Opposites
responsible
,
brilliant
, appropriate,
practical
,
wise
,
sensible
,
realistic
,
feasible
,
prudent
,
workable
,
practicable
,
possible
3 (adjective)
He's crazy about football.
Synonyms
fanatical
As a boy he was a fanatical patriot.
wild (informal)
The children were wild with excitement.
mad
He's mad about you.
devoted
a loving and devoted father
enthusiastic
The band drew a huge and enthusiastic crowd.
passionate
He made a passionate speech about his commitment to peace.
hysterical
ardent
an ardent opponent of the war
very keen
zealous
She was a zealous worker for charitable bodies.
smitten
They were totally smitten with each other.
infatuated
I was utterly infatuated by her.
enamoured
Opposites
cool
,
indifferent
,
uncaring
,
uninterested
,
unenthusiastic
Additional synonyms
in the sense of absurd
Definition
obviously senseless or illogical
They go to absurd lengths just to avoid paying a few pounds.
Synonyms
ridiculous,
crazy (informal),
silly,
incredible,
outrageous,
foolish,
unbelievable,
daft (informal),
hilarious,
ludicrous,
meaningless,
unreasonable,
irrational,
senseless,
preposterous,
laughable,
funny,
stupid,
farcical,
illogical,
incongruous,
comical,
zany,
idiotic,
nonsensical,
inane,
dumb-ass (slang),
cockamamie (slang, US)
in the sense of ardent
Definition
intensely enthusiastic
an ardent opponent of the war
Synonyms
enthusiastic,
keen,
eager,
avid,
zealous,
keen as mustard
in the sense of bizarre
Definition
odd or unusual, esp. in an interesting or amusing way