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Meaning of crazy in English

crazy
adjective
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/ˈkreɪ.zi/ uk
/ˈkreɪ.zi/

crazy adjective (NOT SENSIBLE)

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A2
stupid or not reasonable:
It's a crazy idea.
crazy to You're crazy to buy a house without seeing it.
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stupid
  • stupidSome people are too stupid to realize what's bad for them.
  • foolishShe was really foolish to quit her job like that.
  • sillyIt was silly of you to go out in the sun without a hat.
  • crazyYou'd be absolutely crazy to marry that man.
  • dumbUS She was terrified of asking dumb questions.
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mentally ill:
go crazy I seriously think she'll go crazy if she doesn't take a vacation soon.
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Stupid and silly
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crazy adjective (ANGRY)

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annoyed or angry:
drive someone crazy The constant noise drove me crazy (= made me become angry).
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Angry and displeased
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crazy adjective (INTERESTED)

[ after noun ]
used for saying that someone thinks about something all the time or wants it very much, in a way that some people might think is extreme:
In my family we're all football crazy.
She was a star sprinter in high school before, she says, "I got kind of boy crazy."
Not all politicians are power crazy monsters.
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mad
obsessed
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Wanting things
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crazily
craziness

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be crazy about someone/something
like crazy
crazy
noun [ C ]
  informal
us
/ˈkreɪ.zi/ uk
/ˈkreɪ.zi/
a person who is crazy:
There are a lot of crazies out there.
Synonyms
loony informal
weirdo informal disapproving
(Definition of crazy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

crazy | Intermediate English

crazy
adjective
us
/ˈkreɪ·zi/
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very strange or foolish:
She’s the craziest person I’ve ever met.
[ + to infinitive ] You’re crazy to rent the place without seeing it first.
Crazy can mean mentally ill.
Crazy can also mean behaving in a strange way esp. because of stress, as if you are mentally ill:
The constant whine of the machine nearly drove (= made) me crazy.
I think she’ll go (= become) crazy if she doesn’t take a vacation soon.

crazily

adverb [ not gradable ] us
/ˈkreɪ·zə·li/

craziness

noun [ U ] us
/ˈkreɪ·zi·nəs/

Idiom

crazy about someone/something
crazy
noun [ C usually pl ]
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us
/ˈkreɪ·zi/
a person who acts in a strange or threatening way, esp. one who is mentally ill:
Are we talking about a bunch of crazies or about a legitimate military force?
(Definition of crazy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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荒唐的, 愚蠢的, 精神失常的，瘋狂的，發瘋的…
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荒唐的, 愚蠢的, 精神失常的，疯狂的，发疯的…
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loco, enfurecido, loca…
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मूर्ख किंवा अवास्तव कल्पना, वेडा, वेडी…
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முட்டாள்தனமான அல்லது நியாயமானதல்ல, மனநலம் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட, எரிச்சல் அல்லது கோபம் அடைதல்…
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безглуздий, недоумкуватий, схиблений на чомусь…
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безумный, бредовый, разозленный…
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మూర్ఖపు వెర్రి లేక సహేతుకం కాని, మానసికంగా రోగిగా ఉన్న, చిరాకు లేదా కోపంగా…
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bláznivý, zblázněný (do)…
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