crazy
/ˈkɹeɪ.zi/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.07 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
Very excited or enthusiastic.
adj
Example Sentences
- "His ideas were both frightening and crazy."
- "Those words appearing to be merely the ravings of superannuation, they were not regarded; but when no other traces of Mary could be found, old Andrew went up to consult this crazy dame once more, but he was not able to bring any such thing to her recollection."
- "Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose."
- "Now think of all the years you tried to Find someone to satisfy you I might be as crazy as you say If I'm crazy then it's true That it's all because of you And you wouldn't want me any other way"
- "Grab-a-cop-gun kinda crazy / She's poison but tasty / Yeah, people say "Run, don't walk, away""
- "When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy."
Etymology
From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”), crackpot. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/
- British English: /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
crazier (comparative)
craziest (superlative)
more crazy (comparative)
most crazy (superlative)
crazies (plural)