- crazy
- [[t]kre͟ɪzi[/t]]
♦♦♦crazier, craziest, crazies1) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange. [INFORMAL]
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.
Syn:Derived words:crazily ADV ADV after v, ADV adjThe teenagers shook their long, black hair and gesticulated crazily...
Our policies are crazily extravagant and very destructive.
craziness N-UNCOUNTWe had to have a sense of humour because of the craziness of it all.
2) ADJ-GRADED 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.
Syn:N-COUNTCrazy is also a noun.Outside, mumbling, was one of New York's ever-present crazies.
3) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ about n If you are crazy about something, you are very enthusiastic about it. If you are not crazy about something, you do not like it. [INFORMAL]He's still crazy about both his work and his hobbies...
I'm also not crazy about the initial terms of the deal.
Syn:COMB in ADJCrazy is also a combining form.Every football-crazy schoolboy in Europe dreams of one day being involved in the championships.
4) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ about n 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.
Syn:5) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ 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.
Syn:6) PHRASE: PHR after v (emphasis) You use like crazy to emphasize that something happens to a great degree. [INFORMAL]The stuff was selling like crazy...
Some people can diet like crazy and not lose weight.
Syn:like mad
English dictionary. 2008.
