crazy

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === enPR: krāzē, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹæɪ.zi/ Rhymes: -eɪzi Hyphenation: cra‧zy === Adjective === crazy (comparative crazier, superlative craziest) Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane Out of control. Very excited or enthusiastic. In love; experiencing romantic feelings. (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising. Near-synonym: amazing crazy work (obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. [16th–19th c.] (obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased. [16th–19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === crazy (comparative more crazy, superlative most crazy) (slang) Very, extremely. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === crazy (countable and uncountable, plural crazies) (slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mad person (slang, uncountable) Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness. ==== Translations ==== === See also === crazy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English crazy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɹɛɪ̯ziː] === Adjective === crazy (colloquial, predicative) crazy == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English crazy. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === crazy (invariable) (colloquial) crazy, insane Tás crazy? ― Are you crazy? == Spanish == === Alternative forms === creisi === Etymology === Borrowed from English crazy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾeisi/ [ˈkɾei̯.si] Rhymes: -eisi Syllabification: cra‧zy === Adjective === crazy (invariable) (colloquial) crazy