Adjective: crazy (crazier,craziest) krey-zee
Usage: informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: informal
- Affected with madness or insanity
"a man who had gone crazy";
- brainsick [archaic], demented, disturbed, mad, unbalanced, unhinged
- Foolish; totally unsound
"That's a crazy idea";
- half-baked [informal], screwball [informal], softheaded, crackpot [informal], moronic [informal], nutty [informal], wiggy [US, informal]
- Possessed by inordinate excitement
"the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
- Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
"crazy about cars and racing";
- wild [informal], dotty [Brit, informal], gaga [informal]
- Bizarre or fantastic
"had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- An insane person
"The homeless crazy muttered to himself as he wandered the streets";
- lunatic, maniac, loony [informal], looney [informal], nutcase [informal], headcase [informal]
Derived forms: crazier, craziest, crazies
See also: absurd, cockeyed [informal], derisible, derisory, enthusiastic, excited, idiotic, impractical, insane, keen, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, oddball, preposterous, ridic [informal], ridiculous, strange, unusual
Type of: diseased person, sick person, sufferer
Encyclopedia: Crazy, Sick & Cracked