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   crazy

   /ˈkreɪzi/

   adjective

   • 1. mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour: "Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor" Similar madinsaneout of one's mindderangeddementednot in one's right mindcrazedlunaticnon compos mentisunbalancedunhingedunstabledisturbeddistractedmad as a hattermad as a March harestark madsectionableinformal:mentaloff one's headout of one's headoff one's nutnuttynutty as a fruitcakeoff one's rockernot (quite) right in the headround the bendraving madstark raving madbatsbonkerscuckooloopyloonybananaslocodippyscrewywith a screw loosetouchedgaganot all thereoff the wallout to lunchnot right upstairsbarmybattycrackersbarkingbarking madstark staring maddoolallyround the twistoff one's trolleyas daft as a brushnot the full shillingone sandwich short of a picnicup the poleaway with the fairiesbuggynutsynutsoout of one's treemeshugasquirrellywackogonzobushedyarraporangiOpposite sane
   • ▪ extremely angry: "the noise was driving me crazy"
   • ▪ foolish: "it was crazy to hope that good might come out of this mess" Similar absurdpreposterousridiculousludicrousfarcicallaughablerisibleidioticstupidfoolishfoolhardyunwiseimprudentill-conceivedsillyinanepuerileinfantilefatuousimbecilichare-brainedhalf-bakedunreasonableirrationalillogicalnonsensicalpointlesssenselessimpracticableunworkableunrealisticoutrageouswildshockingastonishingmonstrousunbelievableincredibleunthinkableimplausiblepeculiaroddstrangequeerweirdeccentricbizarrefantasticincongruousgrotesqueinformal:cock-eyedbarmydaftpottycrazy-asswackadoowackadoodleOpposite sensible
   • 2. extremely enthusiastic: "I'm crazy about Cindy" Similar very enthusiasticpassionatefanaticalexcitedvery keen onenamoured ofinfatuated withsmitten withdevoted tofond ofinformal:wildmadnuttynutsgone onpottyinformal, dated:sweet onOpposite apatheticindifferent
   • 3. (of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely: "the monument leant at a crazy angle"
   • ▪ (of a ship or building) full of cracks or flaws; unsound. archaic

   adverb

   • 1. extremely: North American "I've been crazy busy"

   noun

   • 1. a mad person: North American "keep that crazy away from me"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in sense ‘full of cracks’): from craze + -y1.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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