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Adjective: crazy (crazier,craziest)  krey-zee
Usage: informal
  1. Affected with madness or insanity
    "a man who had gone crazy";
    - brainsick [archaic], demented, disturbed, mad, unbalanced, unhinged
     
  2. Foolish; totally unsound
    "That's a crazy idea";
    - half-baked [informal], screwball [informal], softheaded, crackpot [informal], moronic [informal], nutty [informal], wiggy [US, informal]
     
  3. Possessed by inordinate excitement
    "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
     
  4. Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
    "crazy about cars and racing";
    - wild [informal], dotty [Brit, informal], gaga [informal]
     
  5. Bizarre or fantastic
    "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
Noun: crazy  krey-zee
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. 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