crazy
affected with madness or insanity
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,895 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 45,635 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- affected with madness or insanity also: brainsick, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced a man who had gone mad
- foolish; totally unsound also: half-baked, screwball, softheaded a crazy schemehalf-baked ideas
- possessed by inordinate excitement the crowd went crazywas crazy to try his new bicycle
- bizarre or fantastic had a crazy dreamwore a crazy hat
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with also: wild, dotty, gaga crazy about cars and racingthey are dotty about each other
noun
- someone deranged and possibly dangerous also: loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo
crazy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was the only thing to do: he was crazy.
The Valley of the Shadow · H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile · Chapter 1
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When the sun is dim and hazy Diarists become more crazy.
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 · Various · Chapter 1
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One of the sisters was crazy, and sometimes a little violent, but not often.
Following the Equator · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Mabel said she was sure that Kittie was crazy, and next she thought George was crazy, too.
Different Girls · William Dean [Editor] Howells · Chapter 1
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Jim Bush, the fellow that built the chimneys, kept blind drunk three-quarters of the time, and crazy drunk the other.
The American Joe Miller · Robert [Compiler] Kempt · Chapter 1