crazier; craziest
1
a
usually offensive
: not mentally sound : marked by thought or action that lacks reason : insane sense 1b
yelling like a crazy person
—not used technically
b(1)
: impractical
a crazy plan
(2)
sometimes offensive
: erratic
crazy drivers
c
: being out of the ordinary : unusual
a taste for crazy hats
2
a
: distracted with desire or excitement
a thrill-crazy mob
The fans went crazy when their team won the championship.
b
: absurdly fond : infatuated
He's crazy about the girl.
c
: passionately preoccupied : obsessed
crazy about boats
craziness
noun
plural crazinesses
… an inside view of the craziness of Hollywood and the media moguls who run it.
—Emily Melton
plural crazies
usually offensive
: someone who is or acts mentally unsound
especially
: such a person associated with a radical or extremist political cause
… are convinced that Wilson thinks they're rubes, bumpkins, or crazies, and wants to replace them with a legislature full of moderate clones of himself. —Fred Barnes
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