crazy
Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
“His ideas were both frightening and crazy.”
Out of control.
“When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.”
Very excited or enthusiastic.
“He went crazy when he won.”
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
“Why is she so crazy about him?”
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).
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CRAZY at a glance
CRAZY has 5 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (C 3 + R 1 + A 1 + Z 10 + Y 4) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #861 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with crazy
All rhymes- LAZY16
- HAZY19
- SLEAZY18
- MAZY18
- JAZY23
- UNCRAZY21
- GLAZY18
- GAZY17
- QUEAZY27
One letter away
- CRAZE16
- CRAPY12
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