crazy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
  2. adjective affected with madness or insanity
  3. adjective foolish; totally unsound

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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo

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