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adjective, cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est.

Informal. unpredictable, nonconforming, or odd: All I can say is she’s the craziest person I know.

Informal. senseless; nonsensical; totally unsound: Surely you don’t plan to invest money in that crazy scheme!

Informal. extremely busy, hectic, chaotic, etc.: Yesterday was such a crazy day I hardly had time to eat.

Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited (usually followed by about or for): Like many kids, he was crazy for baseball and yearned to be a professional ballplayer.

Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually followed by about or for): It’s obvious he’s just crazy about her.

Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I’m crazy to try those new skis.

Informal. very annoyed, frustrated, or bothered: It makes me crazy that some kids don’t get a fair chance in life.

Informal. having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: I’m back in Connecticut in a crazy twist of events, living in the same town where I grew up.

Archaic. likely to break or fall to pieces.

Archaic. weak, infirm, or sickly.

adverb

Informal. extremely; madly: December is a crazy busy month for us.That new clothing store is crazy popular with teenage girls.

noun, plural cra·zies.

a person who is mentally deranged or insane.

Informal. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: Next door is a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.

the crazies, Informal. a sense of extreme unease, nervousness, or panic; extreme jitters: The crew was starting to get the crazies from being cooped up belowdecks for so long.

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Idioms about crazy

    like crazy, Informal.

    1. with great enthusiasm or energy; to an extreme: We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.
    2. with great speed or recklessness: He drives like crazy once he’s out on the highway.

Origin of crazy

First recorded in 1570–80; craz(e) + -y1

synonym study for crazy

OTHER WORDS FROM crazy

cra·zi·ly, adverbcra·zi·ness, nounhalf-cra·zy, adjective

Words nearby crazy

crayon, craythur, craze, crazed, craziness, crazy, crazy bone, crazy eights, crazy golf, Crazy Horse, crazy house

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Words related to crazy

insane, kooky, mad, nuts, nutty, silly, wacky, absurd, bizarre, foolish, goofy, irresponsible, ludicrous, odd, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, strange, weird, hysterical

How to use crazy in a sentence

  • “We can all be arguing like crazy people but when you attack one, you attack us all.”

  • It was really crazy, and, at some point, you have to give yourself over to it.

  • What I like about these episodes is the way they capture the stir-crazy energy of living in quarantine after all these months.

  • The butterflies were the craziest and most surreal experience.

  • So, I’ve never been one to really go crazy or do anything that wild, but I will say this.

  • You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.

  • «That was crazy,» Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.

  • He came to Phoenix once and we went up to see him, and they got so crazy that I ended up trying to hitchhike home.

  • Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?

  • That goodness steered him clear of the Sex Boys, the Crazy Homicides, the Sons of Nuns, and the other gangs of East New York.

  • All Weimar adores him, and people say that women still go perfectly crazy over him.

  • The wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.

  • Half-fed men would dig for diamonds, and men sheltered by a crazy roof erect the marble walls of palaces.

  • Sometimes he looks at me as if he were going to break out with that crazy idea to which he treated me the other day.

  • You would think the poor teacher would be driven crazy, but he seems as calm as a daisy in a June breeze.

British Dictionary definitions for crazy


adjective -zier or -ziest

informal insane

fantastic; strange; ridiculousa crazy dream

(postpositive; foll by about or over) informal extremely fond (of)

slang very good or excellent

noun plural crazies

Derived forms of crazy

crazily, adverbcraziness, noun

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Other Idioms and Phrases with crazy


In addition to the idioms beginning with crazy

  • crazy about, be
  • crazy like a fox

also see:

  • drive someone crazy
  • like crazy

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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The Crimson Tide’s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn’t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team’s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State.


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  • Albanian: i çmendur (sq)
  • Amharic: እብድ (ʾəbd)
  • Arabic: مَجْنُون (ar) (majnūn), مَخْبُول(maḵbūl), مَسْعُور (ar) (masʕūr), أَحْمَق(ʾaḥmaq)
    Moroccan Arabic: حمق(ḥmaq), مسطي(msaṭṭi), هبيل(hbīl)
  • Armenian: խենթ (hy) (xentʿ), խելագար (hy) (xelagar), գիժ (hy) (giž)
  • Azerbaijani: dəli (az)
  • Basque: zoro, ero
  • Belarusian: шалёны (šaljóny), бязу́мны (bjazúmny)
  • Bengali: দেওয়ানা (bn) (deōẇana), পাগল (bn) (pagol), মজনু (bn) (mjonu)
  • Bisaya: buang
  • Bulgarian: луд (bg) (lud), побъ́ркан (bg) (pobǎ́rkan)
  • Burmese: နှမ်း (my) (hnam:)
  • Catalan: boig (ca), foll (ca)
  • Cebuano: buang
  • Chickasaw: haksi
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 癡線痴线 (yue) (ci1 sin3), (din1)
    Mandarin: 瘋狂疯狂 (zh) (fēngkuáng),  (zh) (fēng)
  • Czech: šílený (cs), pominutý, trhlý, potrhlý, zbavený rozumu, ztřeštěný, bláznivý (cs)
  • Danish: skør, sindssyg (da), sindsforvirret, gal (da), gakgak
  • Dutch: zot (nl), gek (nl), getikt (nl), gestoord (nl), krankjorum (nl), geschift (nl)
  • Esperanto: freneza (eo)
  • Estonian: hull (et)
  • Finnish: hullu (fi), mieletön (fi), järjetön (fi), kaheli (fi)
  • French: fou (fr), insensé (fr), avoir une araignée au plafond (fr), chtarbé (fr), dérangé (fr), dingo (fr), taré (fr)
  • Galician: tolo m, doudo m, louco m
  • Georgian: შეშლილი (šešlili), გადარეული (gadareuli), გიჟი (giži), არანორმალური (aranormaluri), შეურაცხადი (šeuracxadi)
  • German: verrückt (de)
  • Greek: τρελός (el) m (trelós)
    Ancient: μανιώδης (maniṓdēs)
  • Hawaiian: pupule
  • Hebrew: מְטוֹרָף (he) (metoráf), מְשׁוּגָע (he) (meshugá)
  • Higaonon: buang
  • Hindi: पागल (hi) (pāgal), दीवाना (hi) (dīvānā)
  • Hungarian: bolond (hu), őrült (hu), kattant (hu)
  • Icelandic: brjálaður (is)
  • Ilocano: bagtit, balla, antutit, ambagel, agmuyot, ammangaw, kuwatit, mauyong, alloy, attit, talpeng, appat, allot, tiwel, alintaweng, ambreng, ullog, murtit, ketit, bultik
  • Indonesian: gila (id)
  • Italian: pazzo (it), matto (it), folle (it)
  • Japanese: 気が狂った (きがくるった, ki ga kurutta), 頭がおかしい (あたまがおかしい, atama ga okashii)
  • Kapampangan: murit, moret
  • Kazakh: ақылсыз (aqylsyz), есалаң (esalañ)
  • Khmer: ឆ្កួត (km) (chkuət), លលាតែ (lĕəʼliə tae), ឧម្មត្តកៈ (ʼummattaʼkaʼ) (formal)
  • Korean: 미치다 (ko) (michida)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: dîn (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: жинди (ky) (jindi)
  • Ladino: loko, budala
  • Latgalian: troks
  • Latin: dēlīrus, vēcors, insānus
  • Latvian: traks, ārprātīgs, vājprātīgs
  • Lithuanian: pamišęs
  • Louisiana Creole French: fou m, fòl f, pa tou la, takala
  • Macedonian: луд (lud)
  • Malagasy: adala (mg)
  • Malay: gila
  • Maltese: miġnun m
  • Maori: pōrewharewha, heahea, rorirori, wairangi, pōrangi, pōrewarewa
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: солиотой (mn) (soliotoj), галзуу (mn) (galzuu)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: galen, gal (no), gæren (no), sinnsyk (no)
  • Occitan: baug (oc), fòl (oc)
  • Pashto: لېونی (ps) (lewanay), مجنون (ps) (majnǔn)
  • Persian: دیوانه (fa) (divâne), مجنون (fa) (majnun)
  • Plautdietsch: domm, errsennich
  • Polish: szalony (pl), obłąkany (pl)
  • Portuguese: louco (pt), maluco (pt), doido (pt)
  • Romanian: nebun (ro) m, înnebunit (ro), tulburat (ro)
  • Russian: сумасше́дший (ru) (sumasšédšij), безу́мный (ru) (bezúmnyj), умалишённый (ru) (umališónnyj), поме́шанный (ru) (poméšannyj), чо́кнутый (ru) (čóknutyj), спя́тивший (ru) (spjátivšij), неадеква́тный (ru) (neadɛkvátnyj), ошале́вший (ru) (ošalévšij), ненорма́льный (ru) (nenormálʹnyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: craicte, às a chiall (3rd person singular masculine, see entry for other persons)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: лу̑д, бѐзӯман
    Roman: lȗd (sh), bèzūman (sh)
  • Slovak: bláznivý, šialený
  • Slovene: blazen, trapast
  • Somali: xuuf
  • Spanish: loco (es), colgado (es), sonado (es), trastornado (es), tronado (es), gagá (es), zumbado (es) (Spain), orate (es), chalado (es), tarambana (es)
  • Sranan Tongo: law
  • Sundanese: gélo
  • Swedish: galen (sv), tok (sv), tokig (sv), sinnessjuk (sv), vansinnig (sv)
  • Tagalog: (literally) baliw (tl), loko (tl)
  • Tajik: девона (tg) (devona), маҷнун (majnun), ҷиннӣ (jinnī)
  • Thai: บ้า (th) (bâa)
  • Turkish: aptal (tr), deli (tr), manyak (tr), kaçık (tr) (informal), üşütük (tr) (informal)
  • Turkmen: däli
  • Ukrainian: божеві́льний (uk) (boževílʹnyj), безу́мний (uk) (bezúmnyj), шале́ний (šalényj)
  • Urdu: پاگل(pāgal), دیوانہ(dīvānā)
  • Uzbek: jinni (uz)
  • Vietnamese: điên (vi), điên rồ (vi), cuồng (vi), khùng (vi)
  • Volapük: lienetik (vo)
  • Welsh: gwallgof (cy), ynfyd (cy), gorffwyll (cy), lloerig (cy)
  • Zhuang: bag

What do we mean by crazy?

Mentally deranged. adjective

Departing from proportion or moderation, especially. adjective

Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement. adjective

Immoderately fond; infatuated. adjective

Intensely involved or preoccupied. adjective

Foolish or impractical; senseless. adjective

One who is or appears to be mentally deranged. noun

(like crazy) To an exceeding degree. idiom

Broken; impaired; dilapidated; weak; feeble: applied to any structure, but especially to a building or to a boat or a coach: as, a crazy old house or vessel.

Broken, weakened, or disordered in intellect; deranged; insane; demented.

Caused by or arising from mental derangement; marked by or manifesting insanity: as, a crazy speech; crazy actions.

Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. adjective

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. adjective

Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. adjective

The bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; — so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; — called also funny bone. adjective

A bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement. adjective

Insane; demented. adjective

Out of control. adjective

Overly excited or enthusiastic. adjective

In love; experiencing romantic feelings. adjective

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.

A word used to describe people who don’t conform to society’s idea of what is normal. Urban Dictionary

Mentally deranged; demented; insane. Someone who is wild and fun. This words origin goes back to the birth of the great evil hero named Lea. After people could not find a word to describe how weird, evil, funny but cool she was this word was found and used for the first time. Urban Dictionary

Tom Cruise
Example: his appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show Urban Dictionary

Here’s how to know if your crazy or not:
If you talk to inanimate objects, you’re not crazy. If you hear them talking back to you, THAT’S when you know you’re crazy. Urban Dictionary

1) insane,psycho,high,loony,absolutely awsome,free-willed
2)often used by people to describe what they do not understand or think is not how something or someone should be and or act Urban Dictionary

Crazy — Popularized in the post millenium as a substitute for cool, hip, exciting, dope, off the hook and was widely accepted by middle class whites.
2. An adjective describing an individual (particularly a gangsta) who is mentally unstable and prone to bursts of violence or recklessness without regard to oneself. Urban Dictionary

Usually put before a word to increase its meaning and emphasize. similar to wicked or totally Urban Dictionary

Cool; very nice
Also see off the hook Urban Dictionary

Very much so; in abundance Urban Dictionary

Anything which does not follow the conformities of a regular us society such as music, one can never allow society to tell them what they can listen too, music, is an expression of emotion, whether it be anger, lonliness, or depression, which by the way is more of a state of mind then an emotion.dont comform unless thats what you want to do Urban Dictionary

  • 1
    crazy

    1) сумасше́дший, безу́мный

    2)

    разг.

    поме́шанный (на чём-л.); си́льно увлечённый (about)

    3) ша́ткий; разва́ливающийся

    5) сде́ланный из куско́в разли́чной фо́рмы;

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > crazy

  • 2
    crazy

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > crazy

  • 3
    crazy

    Персональный Сократ > crazy

  • 4
    crazy

    INSANE, MAD, CRAZY

    Insane, mad и crazy могут взаимозаменяться в буквальном значении ‘умалишенный, слабоумный, сумасшедший’: insane person, mad person, crazy person. Mad обычно имеет в виду буйное помешательство, бешенство (также о животных: mad dog, mad bull). Crazy в буквальном значении встречается реже, чем insane и mad, и часто имеет фамильярный оттенок. Insane, mad и crazy могут употребляться метафорически. Insane означает ‘безрассудный, бессмысленный’: insane hopes, insane spite, insane wars. Crazy в этом значении чаще всего характеризует планы, проекты (всегда с оттенком неодобрения, презрения): crazy scheme, crazy project, Hitler’s crazy plans of conquering the world. Crazy в сочетании с существительными idea, notion часто соответствует русскому ‘заумный’. В метафорическом значении ‘сумасшедший’ crazy имеет оттенок снисходительной иронии: «Papa, You Are Crazy» (название романа Сарояна). Crazy также означает ‘обезумевший, потерявший рассудок’ (от горя, радости, волнения): to be crazy with grief, to be crazy with anxiety. В сходном метафорическом значении встречается mad: to be mad with pain, to be mad with joy. Mad и crazy в последнем случае употребляются только предикативно.

    Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > crazy

  • 5
    crazy

    сумасшедший
    имя прилагательное:

    имя существительное:

    наречие:

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > crazy

  • 6
    crazy

    [ˈkreɪzɪ]

    crazy покрытый трещинами (о глазури) crazy разг. помешанный (на чем-л.); сильно увлеченный (about) crazy сделанный из кусков различной формы; crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло; crazy bone = funny-bone crazy сумасшедший, безумный crazy шаткий; разваливающийся crazy сделанный из кусков различной формы; crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло; crazy bone = funny-bone crazy сделанный из кусков различной формы; crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло; crazy bone = funny-bone crazy сделанный из кусков различной формы; crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло; crazy bone = funny-bone

    English-Russian short dictionary > crazy

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    crazy

    ˈkreɪzɪ
    1. сущ.;
    амер.;
    разг.
    1) ненормальный, псих
    2) экстремист There were many crazies in the organisation. ≈ В организации было много экстремистов.
    2. прил.
    1) покрытый трещинами;
    дефектный, шаткий, непрочный, разваливающийся an old crazy ship ≈ старое разваливающееся судно Syn: damaged, impaired, unsound, shaky
    2) сумасшедший, слабоумный, выживший из ума Syn: insane, mad, demented, cracked
    3) разг. помешанный на чем-л., сильно увлекающийся чем-л. He is crazy about boats. ≈ Он помешан на лодках. And the unfortunate part of it all is, Bertie, that I’m crazier about him than ever. ≈ И самое ужасное, Берти, что я больше, чем когда-либо, схожу по нему с ума. He was crazy in love with her. ≈ Он был безумно в нее влюблен. Syn: eager, enthusiastic
    4) бредовый, сумасшедший (план, мысль и т. п.) Syn: insane, mad
    5) а) амер.;
    сл. волнующий, возбуждающий( о музыке, особ. о джазе) Syn: unrestrained, wild, exciting б) замечательный, великолепный He is a crazy player, and a crazier singer. ≈ Он замечательный пианист и еще более потрясающий певец. Syn: excellent, admirable, satisfying
    6) сделанный из кусков различной формы crazy quilt ≈ лоскутное одеяло
    3. нареч. чрезвычайно, крайне и т. п. (служит для усиления) He was crazy drunk in a saloon one night. ≈ В один из вечеров он сидел в пивной пьяный в стельку. Syn: extremely( разговорное) псих фанатик, «крайний» — right-wing crazies правые экстремисты сумасшедший, безумный — to go * сойти с ума — he is * with pain он обезумел от боли (about) (разговорное) помешанный;
    сильно увлеченный — she is * about music она помешана на музыке — she is * about him она по нему с ума сходит — you are * to go out in this stormy weather выходить в такую бурную погоду — чистое безумие безумный, бредовый — a * idea бредовая идея неустойчивый, разваливающийся, распадающийся, шаткий — the * light blinks whenever anyoune jiggles the table неустойчивый светильник мигает, как только кто-нибудь заденет стол покрытый трещинами (американизм) (сленг) замечательный, волнующий, потрясающий — *! потрясно! сделанный из кусков различной формы — * quilt( американизм) лоскутное одеяло — * paving( дорожностроительное) мощение без подбора камня > like * с бешеной энергией;
    с бешеной скоростью;
    > * like a fox коварный, хитрый;
    хитрый как лиса( эмоционально-усилительно) чрезвычайно, в высшей степени;
    до сумасшествия — I was * anixous я чуть не спятил от волнения
    crazy покрытый трещинами (о глазури) ~ разг. помешанный (на чем-л.) ;
    сильно увлеченный (about) ~ сделанный из кусков различной формы;
    crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло;
    crazy bone = funny-bone ~ сумасшедший, безумный ~ шаткий;
    разваливающийся
    ~ сделанный из кусков различной формы;
    crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло;
    crazy bone = funny-bone
    ~ сделанный из кусков различной формы;
    crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло;
    crazy bone = funny-bone
    ~ сделанный из кусков различной формы;
    crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло;
    crazy bone = funny-bone

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > crazy

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    crazy

    1. [ʹkreızı]

    разг.

    1. псих

    2. фанатик, «крайний»

    2. [ʹkreızı]

    1. сумасшедший, безумный

    2. (about)

    помешанный (); сильно увлечённый ()

    you are crazy to go out in this stormy weather — выходить в такую бурную погоду — (это) чистое безумие (с вашей стороны)

    3. безумный, бредовый ()

    a crazy idea [fancy] — бредовая идея [фантазия]

    4. неустойчивый, разваливающийся, распадающийся, шаткий ()

    the crazy light blinks whenever anyone jiggles the table — неустойчивый светильник мигает, как только кто-нибудь заденет стол

    5. покрытый трещинами ()

    6.

    сл. замечательный, волнующий, потрясающий

    crazy! — потрясно!

    7. сделанный из кусков различной формы

    like crazy — а) с бешеной энергией; б) с бешеной скоростью

    crazy like /as/ a fox — коварный, хитрый; ≅ хитрый как лиса

    3. [ʹkreızı]

    эмоц.-усил.

    чрезвычайно, в высшей степени; до сумасшествия

    I was crazy anxious — я чуть не спятил от волнения /беспокойства/

    НБАРС > crazy

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    crazy

    I

    infml

    II

    adj

    Dig this jive. Daddy? I think it’s crazy — Тебе нравится эта музыка, любимый? Я думаю, она просто обалденная

    The crazy part is you don’t have to be an engineer to operate that HI-FI music centre — И самое клевое это то, что тебе не нужно быть специалистом, чтобы эксплуатировать этот музыкальный центр

    This stuff is really crazy, man. I love it — Какая балдежная вещь. Я просто тащусь

    What a crazy dress. It makes you look like a million — Какое клевое платье. Ты в нем потрясно выглядишь

    III

    AmE sl

    «You like it?» «Crazy!» — «Тебе нравится?» — «С ума сойти!»

    The new dictionary of modern spoken language > crazy

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    crazy

    1. n разг. псих

    2. n разг. фанатик, «крайний»

    3. a сумасшедший, безумный

    4. a разг. помешанный; сильно увлечённый

    5. a безумный, бредовый

    6. a неустойчивый, разваливающийся, распадающийся, шаткий

    7. a покрытый трещинами

    8. a амер. сл. замечательный, волнующий, потрясающий

    9. a сделанный из кусков различной формы

    10. adv эмоц.-усил. чрезвычайно, в высшей степени; до сумасшествия

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. bizarre (adj.) bizarre; odd; peculiar; weird

    2. confused (adj.) confused; impaired; infirm; weak

    3. foolish (adj.) absurd; donkeyish; dotty; fantastic; feeble-minded; foolish; harebrained; idiotic; idleheaded; imprudent; loony; loopy; lunatic; mad; nonsensical; outrageous; preposterous; sappy; senseless; silly; tomfool; unearthly; wacky; zany

    4. insane (adj.) bedlamite; berserk; brainsick; crackbrained; cracked; crazed; cuckoo; daffy; daft; demented; deranged; disordered; distraught; insane; maniac; mindless; non compos mentis; nuts; nutsy; nutty; reasonless; screwy; teched; touched; unbalanced; unsane; unsound; wild; witless; wrong

    5. rickety (adj.) doddering; loose; rickety; shaky; tottering

    Антонимический ряд:

    reasonable; sane; sensible; strong

    English-Russian base dictionary > crazy

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    crazy

    [‘kreɪzɪ]
    1.

    ;

    амер.

    ;

    разг.

    1) ненормальный, псих

    2) фанатик; экстремист

    2.

    прил.

    1) сумасшедший, выживший из ума

    Syn:

    2)

    разг.

    помешанный , сильно увлекающийся

    He is crazy about boats. — Он помешан на лодках.

    And the unfortunate part of it all is, Bertie, that I’m crazier about him than ever. — И самое ужасное, Берти, что я больше, чем когда-либо, схожу по нему с ума.

    He was crazy in love with her. — Он был безумно в неё влюблён.

    Syn:

    3) бредовый, сумасшедший

    Syn:

    4)

    ;

    разг.

    волнующий, возбуждающий

    Syn:

    5) замечательный, великолепный

    He is a crazy player, and a crazier singer. — Он замечательный пианист и ещё более потрясающий певец.

    Syn:

    6) покрытый трещинами; дефектный, шаткий, непрочный, разваливающийся

    Syn:

    3.

    ;

    разг.

    сильно, крайне, в высшей степени; до умопомрачения

    He was crazy drunk in a saloon one night. — В один из вечеров он сидел в пивной в стельку пьяный.

    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > crazy

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    crazy

    [‘kreɪzɪ]

    adj

    безумный, сумасшедший

    She is crazy about the cinema. — Она помешана на кино.

    She is crazy about him. — Она по нему с ума сходит.

    crazy idea


    — be crazy about smb, smth

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > crazy

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    crazy

    English-Russian phrases dictionary > crazy

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    crazy

    The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > crazy

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    crazy

    adjective

    1) сумасшедший, безумный

    2)

    collocation

    помешанный (на чем-л.); сильно увлеченный (about)

    3) шаткий; разваливающийся

    4) покрытый трещинами (о глазури)

    5) сделанный из кусков различной формы; crazy quilt лоскутное одеяло; crazy bone

    =

    funny-bone

    * * *

    * * *

    * * *

    [cra·zy || ‘kreɪzɪ]
    сумасшедший, безумный, полоумный, помешанный; сильно увлеченный

    * * *

    безумен

    безумный

    бешеный

    разваливающийся

    сумасшедший

    умалишенный

    шаткий

    * * *

    1. сущ.; амер.; разг.
    1) ненормальный
    2) экстремист
    2. прил.
    1) покрытый трещинами; дефектный
    2) сумасшедший, слабоумный, выживший из ума
    3) разг. помешанный на чем-л., сильно увлекающийся чем-л.
    4) бредовый, сумасшедший (план, мысль и т. п.)
    3. нареч.
    чрезвычайно, крайне и т. п. (служит для усиления)

    Новый англо-русский словарь > crazy

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    crazy

    [‘kreɪzɪ]

    1) Общая лексика: «крайний», безумный, бредовый, до сумасшествия, покрытый трещинами , псих, разваливающийся, рападающийся, сделанный из кусков различной форм, сильно увлечённый, страстно увлечённый (чем-л.) помешанный на , сумасбродный, сумасшедший, ум за разум заходит, фанатик, шаткий, сильно увлечённый , очумелый, ошалелый, чумовой, юродивый, дикий (о мысли, идее)

    7) Макаров: неустойчивый, сделанный из кусков, сделанный из кусков различной формы, безумный , бредовый , неустойчивый , разваливающийся , распадающийся , шаткий

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > crazy

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    crazy

    1. псих;

    2. фанатик.

    * * *

    сущ.

    1) псих;

    2) фанатик.

    Англо-русский словарь по социологии > crazy

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    Crazy!

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Crazy!

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    crazy!

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > crazy!

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    crazy

    [`kreɪzɪ]

    ненормальный, псих

    экстремист

    покрытый трещинами; дефектный, шаткий, непрочный, разваливающийся

    сумасшедший, слабоумный, выживший из ума

    помешанный на чем-либо, сильно увлекающийся чем-либо

    бредовый, сумасшедший

    волнующий, возбуждающий

    замечательный, великолепный

    сделанный из кусков различной формы

    чрезвычайно, крайне и

    т. п.

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > crazy

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRAZY

Crazy can act as a noun and an adjective.

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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CRAZY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crazy

Insanity

Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person becoming a danger to themselves or others, though not all such acts are considered insanity. In modern usage, insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favor of diagnoses of specific mental disorders; the presence of delusions or hallucinations is broadly referred to as psychosis. When discussing mental illness in general terms, «psychopathology» is considered a preferred descriptor. In English, the word «sane» derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning «healthy». The phrase «mens sana in corpore sano» is often translated to mean a «healthy mind in a healthy body». From this perspective, insanity can be considered as poor health of the mind, not necessarily of the brain as an organ, but rather refers to defective function of mental processes such as reasoning.


Definition of crazy in the English dictionary

The first definition of crazy in the dictionary is insane. Other definition of crazy is fantastic; strange; ridiculous. Crazy is also extremely fond.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRAZY

Synonyms and antonyms of crazy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «CRAZY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «crazy» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «crazy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRAZY

Find out the translation of crazy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of crazy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crazy» in English.

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疯狂的

1,325 millions of speakers

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loco

570 millions of speakers

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crazy

510 millions of speakers

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पागल

380 millions of speakers

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مَجْنُون

280 millions of speakers

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сумасшедший

278 millions of speakers

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louco

270 millions of speakers

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পাগল

260 millions of speakers

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fou

220 millions of speakers

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Gila

190 millions of speakers

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verrückt

180 millions of speakers

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無茶な

130 millions of speakers

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미친

85 millions of speakers

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edan

85 millions of speakers

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điên

80 millions of speakers

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பைத்தியம்

75 millions of speakers

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वेडा

75 millions of speakers

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çılgın

70 millions of speakers

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pazzo

65 millions of speakers

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szalony

50 millions of speakers

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божевільний

40 millions of speakers

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nebun

30 millions of speakers

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τρελός

15 millions of speakers

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gek

14 millions of speakers

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galen

10 millions of speakers

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gal

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crazy

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAZY»

The term «crazy» is very widely used and occupies the 2.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crazy

10 QUOTES WITH «CRAZY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word crazy.

Greenwich Village always had its share of mind readers, but there are many more these days, and they seem to have moved closer to the mainstream of life in the city. What was crazy 10 years ago is now respectable, even among the best-educated New Yorkers.

I’m kind of a crazy person about hand sanitizer. I carry the plain ones that smell like aloe, from Target or CVS.

Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn’t normal. I didn’t have to go to school, so I didn’t. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I’m almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I’m crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class.

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.

I was spending a lot of time in Mumbai after I met my husband, who is Indian, and while parts of the city were prospering like crazy, I couldn’t quite make out how the new wealth had changed the prospects of the majority of city residents who lived in slums. So after a few years I stopped wondering and started reporting.

New Orleans style is funky — it’s just as experimental as the city. There aren’t any rules. If you want to wear a polka-dot shirt and some crazy pants, you can get away with it there.

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls — I’d be the crazy diva Barbie and she’d be the homeless Barbie.

Places I’ve lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it’s roots in New Orleans and went crazy.

They knew who I was in Australia in 2006, but not to a great extent. Now, with the momentum of a second World Cup, it has gone crazy.

I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you’re not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAZY»

Discover the use of crazy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crazy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Heche’s memoir reveals the woman behind the headlines, one who has conquered overwhelming odds. Far from a celebrity memoir, this is an empowering and thought-provoking book guaranteed to surprise and inspire.

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Crazy Sexy Kitchen: 150 Plant-empowered Recipes to Ignite a …

This follow-up to Carr’s «New York Times» bestseller «Crazy Sexy Diet» is a Veggie Manifesto for plant-empowered gourmands and novices alike, and it’s filled with inspiration, education, cooking tips, and more than 150 nourishing, nosh …

Kris Carr, Chad Sarno, 2012

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Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness

This is the Earley family’s compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the «revolving doors» between hospital and …

Both heartbreaking and funny, CRAZY lives up to the intense and compelling characters Han Nolan is praised for.

5

Control the Crazy: My Plan to Stop Stressing, Avoid Drama, …

We all have the power to make our lives better in an instant. You have absolute power to control your crazy.

Vinny Guadagnino, Samantha Rose, 2012

6

I Don’t Want To Be Crazy

A harrowing, remarkable poetry memoir about one girl’s struggle with anxiety disorder. This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder.

But her strength, charisma, and raw musical talent gave her the will to overcome it all. Crazy Enough is a love song to the twisted, flawed parts in all of us.

And Benni lets us in on «the crazy life» he figures is the only way to deal with the crazy world. From the Trade Paperback edition.

A wonderful book of inspiration for all the many quilters who love to make a crazy quilt. Learn to do 20 stitches that can be used to embellish the seams.

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Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid: The Simple Truth to a …

Based on this groundbreaking insight, comedy writers and real-life couple Howard J. Morris and Jenny Lee have devised a relationship guide that is refreshingly honest, completely hilarious, and surprisingly practical.

Howard J. Morris, Jenny Lee, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAZY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crazy is used in the context of the following news items.

Why American conservatives should root for Greece’s crazy socialists

Conservatives in America are talking tough when it comes to the Syriza government in Greece, which just held a smashingly successful … «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»

Book review: China Rich Girlfriend — sequel to Crazy Rich Asians

There is no better season for a Kevin Kwan novel than summer. When the Singaporean-born author’s debut book, Crazy Rich Asians, debuted … «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

How Crazy Rich Asians Splash Their Cash

Though his debut novel, Crazy Rich Asians, was a vertiginous success— trumpeted as a “48-karat beach read,” optioned for a film by the very … «Daily Beast, Jul 15»

Blog: Does that make me crazy?

I’ve had Gnarls Barkley’s «Crazy» as my mental theme song for the last few days. Not because I’ve been feeling particularly mentally unstable … «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»

13 Ways We’re All Driving Waiters Crazy

You, responsible human, know the general drill: Walk into a restaurant, wait patiently to be seated, tip 18 to 20 percent. But did you realize that … «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Otahuhu Rugby Club goes crazy as Samoan flanker humiliates All …

Otahuhu Rugby Club goes crazy as Samoan flanker humiliates All Blacks. share. One News. Source: Otahuhu Rugby Club goes crazy as Samoan flanker … «TVNZ, Jul 15»

Crazy weather in Germany: from boiling hot to giant hail stones

People in some parts of Germany are scratching their hands, wondering what is going on with the weather. After days of very high temperatures … «euronews, Jul 15»

While defending Confederate flag, South Carolina legislator goes off …

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Inflections of ‘crazy‘ (adj):
crazier
adj comparative
craziest
adj superlative

Inflections of ‘crazy‘ (n): npl: crazies

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

cra•zy /ˈkreɪzi/USA pronunciation  
adj., -zi•er, -zi•est, n., pl. -zies. 
adj.

  1. mentally unbalanced;
    insane.
  2. impractical;
    foolish;
    stupid:a crazy scheme.[be + ~ + to + verb]I thought she was crazy to get married.[it + be + ~ + to + verb]It was crazy to get married so young.
  3. Informal Terms very eager, excited, or enthusiastic:[be + ~ + about + object]He’s crazy about computers.
  4. Informal Terms very fond of;
    attracted to;
    infatuated by:[be + ~ + about + object]She’s crazy about him.
  5. Informal Termsunusual;
    very odd;
    bizarre:What a crazy hat he was wearing.
  6. drive someone crazy, [drive + object + ~] to annoy or bother someone greatly:The kids were driving him crazy.

n. [countable]

  1. Slang TermsSlang. an unpredictable person;
    one who behaves in an odd, bizarre, or foolish way.

Idioms

  1. Slang Terms like crazy, Slang. with great enthusiasm or energy;
    wildly: We worked like crazy all morning.

cra•zi•ly, adv.: We drove crazily to get there on time.
cra•zi•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

cra•zy 
(krāzē),USA pronunciation adj., -zi•er, -zi•est, n., pl. -zies. 
adj.

  1. mentally deranged;
    demented;
    insane.
  2. senseless;
    impractical;
    totally unsound:a crazy scheme.
  3. Informal Termsintensely enthusiastic;
    passionately excited:crazy about baseball.
  4. Informal Termsvery enamored or infatuated (usually fol. by about):He was crazy about her.
  5. Informal Termsintensely anxious or eager;
    impatient:I’m crazy to try those new skis.
  6. Informal Termsunusual;
    bizarre;
    singular:She always wears a crazy hat..
  7. Slang Termswonderful;
    excellent;
    perfect:That’s crazy, man, crazy.
  8. likely to break or fall to pieces.
  9. weak, infirm, or sickly.
  10. having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.:a crazy reel that spins in either direction.
  11. Idioms like crazy:
    • Slang Termswith great enthusiasm or energy;
      to an extreme:We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.
    • Idiomswith great speed or recklessness:He drives like crazy once he’s out on the highway.

n.

  1. Slang Termsan unpredictable, nonconforming person;
    oddball:a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.
  2. the crazies, [Slang.]a sense of extreme unease, nervousness, or panic;
    extreme jitters:The crew was starting to get the crazies from being cooped up belowdecks for so long.
  • craze + —y1 1570–80

crazi•ly, adv. 
crazi•ness, n. 

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged crazed, lunatic. See mad. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged foolish, imprudent, foolhardy.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rickety, shaky, tottering.


    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sane.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged calm, dispassionate.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stable.
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged strong; healthy.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

crazy /ˈkreɪzɪ/ adj ( -zier, -ziest)

  1. informal insane
  2. fantastic; strange; ridiculous: a crazy dream
  3. (postpositive; followed by about or over) informal extremely fond (of)
  4. slang very good or excellent

n ( pl crazies)

  1. informal a crazy person


ˈcrazily adv ˈcraziness n

crazy‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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  • Defenition of the word crazy

    • Mentally ill; affected with madness or insanity.
    • affected with madness or insanity; «a man who had gone mad»
    • (informal) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; «crazy about cars and racing»
    • (informal) possessed by inordinate excitement; «the crowd went crazy»; «was crazy to try his new bicycle»
    • bizarre or fantastic; «had a crazy dream»; «wore a crazy hat»
    • marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; «she was crazy about him»; «gaga over the rock group’s new album»; «he was infatuated with her»
    • (informal) foolish; totally unsound; «an impractical solution»; «a crazy scheme»; «half-baked ideas»; «a screwball proposal without a prayer of working»
    • someone deranged and possibly dangerous
    • intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; «crazy about cars and racing»
    • possessed by inordinate excitement; «the crowd went crazy»; «was crazy to try his new bicycle»
    • marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; «she was crazy about him»; «gaga over the rock group»s new album»; «he was infatuated with her»
    • foolish; totally unsound; «an impractical solution»; «a crazy scheme»; «half-baked ideas»; «a screwball proposal without a prayer of working»
    • intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
    • possessed by inordinate excitement
    • bizarre or fantastic
    • foolish; totally unsound
    • affected with madness or insanity

Synonyms for the word crazy

    • bizarre
    • brainsick
    • demented
    • distracted
    • disturbed
    • dotty
    • eccentric
    • enamored
    • extreme
    • fanatical
    • foolish
    • gaga
    • half-baked
    • idiotic
    • in love
    • infatuated
    • looney
    • loony
    • mad
    • odd
    • outlandish
    • outrageous
    • passionate
    • peculiar
    • ridiculous
    • screwball
    • senseless
    • sick
    • silly
    • smitten
    • soft on
    • softheaded
    • taken with
    • unbalanced
    • unhinged
    • unwise
    • weird
    • weirdo
    • wild
    • zany

Similar words in the crazy

    • crazy
    • enthusiastic
    • excited
    • impractical
    • insane
    • loving
    • strange
    • unusual

Hypernyms for the word crazy

    • lunatic
    • madman
    • maniac

Idioms for the word crazy

    • a bit crazy

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