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crazy adjective [ ˈkreɪzi ]

• mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.
• "Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor"
Similar: mad, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented, not in one's right mind, crazed, lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare, stark mad, sectionable, mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's rocker, not (quite) right in the head, round the bend, raving mad, stark raving mad, bats, bonkers, cuckoo, loopy, loony, bananas, loco, dippy, screwy, with a screw loose, touched, gaga, not all there, off the wall, out to lunch, not right upstairs, barmy, batty, crackers, barking, barking mad, stark staring mad, doolally, round the twist, off one's trolley, as daft as a brush, not the full shilling, one sandwich short of a picnic, up the pole, away with the fairies, buggy, nutsy, nutso, out of one's tree, meshuga, squirrelly, wacko, gonzo, bushed, yarra, porangi,
Opposite: sane,
• extremely enthusiastic.
• "I'm crazy about Cindy"
Similar: very enthusiastic, passionate, fanatical, excited, very keen on, enamoured of, infatuated with, smitten with, devoted to, fond of, wild, mad, nutty, nuts, gone on, potty, sweet on,
Opposite: apathetic, indifferent,
• (of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely.
• "the monument leant at a crazy angle"

crazy adverb

• extremely.
• "I've been crazy busy"

crazy noun

• a mad person.
• "keep that crazy away from me"
Origin: late 16th century (in sense ‘full of cracks’): from craze + -y1.

like crazy

• to a great degree; very intensely.
• "we are just working like crazy"
Similar: energetically, enthusiastically, madly, with a will, for all one is worth, passionately, intensely, ardently, fervently, like mad, hammer and tongs, like billy-o,

like crazy

• to a great degree; very intensely.
"we are just working like crazy"



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