crazy

English

Etymology

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• From WikiAnswers: c.1369, probably from Old Norse *krasa ("shatter"), perhaps via an Old French form. Originally "to shatter;" now-obsolete metaphoric use for "break down in health" (1476) led to n. sense of "mental breakdown." Extension to "mania, fad," is first recorded 1813. Original sense preserved in crazy quilt pattern. Crazy is from 1576 as "sickly;" from 1617 as "insane;" and from 1927 in jazz slang for "cool, exciting." Phrase crazy like a fox recorded from 1935.
• From EtymOnline: 1570s, "diseased, sickly," from craze + -y (2). Meaning "full of cracks or flaws" is from 1580s; that of "of unsound mind, or behaving as so" is from 1610s. Jazz slang sense "cool, exciting" attested by 1927. To drive (someone) crazy is attested by 1873. Phrase crazy like a fox recorded from 1935. Crazy Horse, Teton Lakhota (Siouan) war leader (d.1877) translates thašuka witko, lit. "his horse is crazy."

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹeɪzi/

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  Rhymes: -eɪzi

Adjective

crazy (comparative crazier, superlative craziest)

1. insane, demented
2. out of control

   When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

3. overly excited or enthusiastic

   He went crazy when he won.

4. filled with foolish or unreasoned affection

   Why is she so crazy about him?

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:insane
• (out of control): off the chain

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• deranged
• zany
• loco

Derived terms

Terms derived from crazy

craze crazily craziness crazing

crazy bone crazy like a fox crazy mad crazy paving

crazy quilt like crazy

Translations

insane, demented

Arabic: مجنون (ar) (majnuun) Azeri: dəli (az) Catalan: boig (ca) m. Cebuano: buang Chinese: Cantonese: 癡線 Mandarin: 瘋狂 (cmn), 疯狂 (cmn) (fēngkuáng), 瘋 (cmn), 疯 (cmn) (fēng) Czech: šílený (cs), pominutý (cs), trhlý (cs), potrhlý (cs), zbavený rozumu (cs), ztřeštěný (cs), bláznivý (cs) Danish: skør (da) Esperanto: freneza (eo) French: fou (fr) m., folle (fr) f. Georgian: შეშლილი (ka) (šešlili), გადარეული (ka) (gadareuli)

German: verrückt (de) Greek: τρελός (el) (trelós) m. Japanese: 狂しい (ja) (くるおしい, kuruoshii) Latin: delirus (la) Portuguese: louco (pt), maluco (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: сумасшедший (ru) (sumasšédšij), безумный (ru) (bezúmnyj) Spanish: loco (es) Sundanese: gélo (su) Tagalog: (literally) baliw (tl) Volapük: lienetik (vo)

out of control

Chinese: Cantonese: 顛, 癡線 Mandarin: 瘋 (cmn), 疯 (cmn) (fēng), 瘋狂 (cmn), 疯狂 (cmn) (fēngkuáng) French: fou (fr) m., folle (fr) f. German: verrückt (de)

Greek: τρελός (el) (trelós) m. Portuguese: louco (pt) Russian: сумасшедший (ru) (sumasšédšij), безумный (ru) (bezúmnyj) Spanish: loco (es), desquiciado (es)

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Albanian: marrë (sq) Betawi: gokil Bosnian: lud (bs) m. Bulgarian: побъркан, смахнат Catalan: boig Chamicuro: matitu Croatian: lud (hr) Czech: šílený (cs), pominutý (cs), trhlý (cs), potrhlý (cs), zbavený rozumu (cs), ztřeštěný (cs), bláznivý (cs) Danish: skør (da) Dutch: gek (nl) Finnish: hullu (fi), mielenvikainen (fi) Hebrew: משוגע (meshuga) m., משוגעת (meshuga'at) f. Hindi: पागल (pāgal), दिवाना (divāna) Hungarian: őrült (hu) Indonesian: gila (id) Italian: pazzo (it) Japanese: 頭のおかしい (ja) (atama-no okashii) Kurdish: Sorani: شێت (ku) (shaet)

Latvian: traks Malay: gila (ms) Norwegian: gal (no), galen (no), gæren (no), sinnsyk (no), sprø (no), vanvittig (no) Pashto: لېونى (ps) (lewanai) m. Persian: ديوانه (divāne), مجنون (majnun) Pitjantjatjara: rama Portuguese: maluco, louco, doido Scottish Gaelic: às a chiall Serbian: Cyrillic: луд m. Roman: lud m. Slovene: nor (sl) Swedish: galen (sv), stollig (sv) Tagalog: baliw Telugu: పిచ్చి (pichchi) Thai: บ้า,คลั่งใคล้ (bah) Turkish: deli (tr) Urdu: پاگل (pāgal), دیوانہ (divāna) Vietnamese: điên (vi), khùng (vi) West Frisian: gek (fy)

Adverb

crazy (comparative more crazy, superlative most crazy)

1. (slang) Very, extremely.

Noun

crazy (plural crazies)

1. an insane or eccentric person; a crackpot

Synonyms

• lunatic
• mad man
• nut ball
• nut case

Translations

an insane or eccentric person

Bulgarian: смахнат (bg), побъркан (bg) French: fou (fr) m., folle (fr) f. Ngarrindjeri: wurangi

Norwegian: galning (no) m., gærning (no) m. Pashto: لېونى (ps) (lewanai) m.

See also

• Crazy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia