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Meaning of 'crazy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crazy [ a.]
- Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
- Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
- Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.

Meaning of 'crazy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crazy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- foolish; totally unsound
Example in sentence:
  • a crazy scheme;
  • a screwball proposal without a prayer of working;
  • half-baked ideas
Meaning (2):
- affected with madness or insanity
Example in sentence:
  • a man who had gone mad
Meaning (3):
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
Example in sentence:
  • crazy about cars and racing;
  • gaga over the rock group's new album;
  • they are dotty about each other
Meaning (4):
- bizarre or fantastic
Example in sentence:
  • had a crazy dream;
  • wore a crazy hat
Meaning (5):
- possessed by inordinate excitement
Example in sentence:
  • the crowd went crazy;
  • was crazy to try his new bicycle

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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