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crazy

Pronunciation: /ˈkreɪzi/

informal
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Definition of crazy

adjective (crazier, craziest)

  • 1mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour:Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor a crazy look
  • extremely angry:the noise 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 [in combination]:a football-crazy bunch of boys
  • 3(of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely:the monument leant at a crazy angle
  • archaic (of a ship or building) full of cracks or flaws; unsound.

noun (plural crazies)

chiefly North American
  • a mad person: keep that crazy away from me

Phrases

like crazy

to a great degree; very intensely:we are just working like crazy
in a very fast or unrestrained way:another driver, who was driving like crazy, ran him off the road

Derivatives

crazily

adverb

craziness

noun

crazy in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of crazy in the US English dictionary