craziness
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cra·zy
(krā′zē)adj. cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est
1.
a. Mentally deranged.
b. Informal Odd or eccentric in behavior.
2. Informal Departing from proportion or moderation, especially:
a. Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement: The crowd at the game went crazy.
b. Immoderately fond; infatuated: was crazy about boys.
c. Intensely involved or preoccupied: is crazy about cars and racing.
d. Foolish or impractical; senseless: a crazy scheme for making quick money.
e. Intensely annoyed or irritated: It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.
3. Disorderly or askew: One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.
adv.
Informal Extremely; very: That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
n. pl. cra·zies
Idiom: One who is or appears to be mentally deranged: "To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).
like crazy Informal
To an exceeding degree: They were running around like crazy.
cra′zi·ly adv.
cra′zi·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | craziness - informal terms for insanity insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind |
2. | craziness - the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience | |
3. | craziness - foolish or senseless behavior |
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craziness
noun1. Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:
brainsickness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, psychopathy, unbalance.
Psychiatry: mania.
Psychology: aberration, alienation.
2. Informal. Foolish behavior:
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Translations
جُنـون
poblázněnost
skørhedvildskab
brjálæîi
pobláznenosť
çılgınlıkdelilik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
craziness
n → Verrücktheit f
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craze
(kreiz) noun a (usually temporary) fashion; great (but temporary) enthusiasm. the current craze for cutting one's hair extremely short.
ˈcrazy adjective1. insane. He must be going crazy; a crazy idea.
2. very enthusiastic. She's crazy about her boyfriend.
ˈcrazily adverbˈcraziness noun
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