[syn: crazy, wild, dotty, gaga]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]
1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken;
falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.
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One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
--Addison.
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They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the
island. --Jeffrey.
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2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered;
demented; deranged.
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Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.
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3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
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The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R.
B. Kimball.
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Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow
(olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so
called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt,
when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; --
called also funny bone.
Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other
material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully
stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crazy
adj 1: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone
mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed,
mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged]
2: foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked
ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working"
[syn: crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded]
3: possessed by inordinate excitement; "the crowd went crazy";
"was crazy to try his new bicycle"
4: bizarre or fantastic; "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
5: intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy
about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her" [syn:
crazy, wild, dotty, gaga]
n 1: someone deranged and possibly dangerous [syn: crazy,
loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo]