crazy
- adverb
- /ˈkreɪzi/
- Informal
:
como loco
- Oh, these are the students writing like crazy right on the floor.
It's wobbly like crazy like this is.
- It's wobbly like crazy like this is.
- I have social anxiety like crazy like really bad.
- These guys making money like crazy before in the car business.
- It's spewing out frames like crazy because nothing's changing on the screen.
- I've been outside and it's crazy hot here in Texas.
- It is this year, so you don't have crazy long to wait.
Examples
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It's incredibly humid, like crazy humid, but it is now raining.
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It's spewing out frames like crazy because nothing's changing on the screen.
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These guys making money like crazy before in the car business.
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A little goes a long way, so I'll use that much, which is crazy, but it works.
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I have social anxiety like crazy like really bad.
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The wind was blowing crazy during the storm last night.
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She danced crazy at the party, enjoying every moment.
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He laughed crazy when he heard the funny joke.
Synonyms
72
3.7
In a way that is much too extreme or silly
57
2.7
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
23
5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
12
4.7
In a wild and foolish way
In a way that is extremely intense and unreasonable
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To let strong, uncontrolled feelings make your life worse
To have sex or start a romantic relationship with someone who is emotionally unstable and likely to cause trouble
Compounds
- Specialized
A western North American plant that makes farm animals sick if they eat it
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crazy used before another word (as in 'crazy popular') grew from ideas of extreme or 'mad' energy. So using crazy this way is an informal way to say 'very' or 'to a high degree'.