Crazy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective, cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est.
  1. mentally deranged; demented; insane.
  2. unpredictable, nonconforming, or odd: All I can say is she's the craziest person I know.
  3. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.
  4. senseless; nonsensical; totally unsound: Surely you don’t plan to invest money in that crazy scheme!
  5. extremely busy, hectic, chaotic, etc.: Yesterday was such a crazy day I hardly had time to eat.
  6. 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.
  7. very enamored or infatuated (usually followed by about or for): It's obvious he's just crazy about her.
  8. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.
  9. very annoyed, frustrated, or bothered: It makes me crazy that some kids don't get a fair chance in life.
  10. 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.
  11. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.
  12. likely to break or fall to pieces.
  13. weak, infirm, or sickly.
adverb
  1. extremely; madly: December is a crazy busy month for us.That new clothing store is crazy popular with teenage girls.
noun, plural cra·zies.
  1. a person who is mentally deranged or insane.
  2. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: Next door is a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.
  3. 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.
Idioms
  1. like crazy, Informal.
    • with great enthusiasm or energy; to an extreme: We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.
    • with great speed or recklessness: He drives like crazy once he's out on the highway.
adjective -zier or -ziest
  1. insane
  2. fantastic; strange; ridiculous
  3. extremely fond (of)
  4. very good or excellent
noun plural crazies
  1. a crazy person
Crazy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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