crazy

CEFRA2

/ˈkɹeɪ.zi/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very strange, foolish, or difficult to believe.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Mentally ill; this use can be offensive.

Examples

  • Are you crazy? We could get killed doing that.

  • How did you come up with this crazy idea?

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɹæɪ.zi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Out of control.

  2. Very excited or enthusiastic.

  3. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.

More examples

In context

  • Most people think I'm crazy.

  • His ideas were both frightening and crazy.

  • When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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).