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crazy

Syllabification: (cra·zy)
Pronunciation: /ˈkrāzē/
informal
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Definition of crazy

adjective (crazier, craziest)

  • 1mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way:Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor a crazy grin
  • extremely annoyed or angry:the noise they made was driving me crazy
  • foolish:it was crazy to hope that good might come out of this mess
  • 2extremely enthusiastic:I’m crazy about Cindy a football-crazy bunch of boys
  • 3(of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or in an unlikely position:the monument leaned at a crazy angle
  • archaic (of a ship or building) full of cracks or flaws; unsound or shaky.

noun (plural crazies)

chiefly North American
  • a mentally deranged person.

Phrases

like crazy

to a great degree:I was laughing like crazy

Derivatives

crazily

Pronunciation: /-zilē/
adverb

craziness

noun

crazy in other Oxford dictionaries

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