half-crazed
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7.8
- adjective
- /hæfˈkreɪzd/
- I have every sympathy for that poor, half-crazed Jackie.
- looks half-crazed
Examples
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I live... because this poor half-crazed genius... has given me life.
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His eyes were half-crazed.
Blog text (16) -
Mother was half-crazed with fear.
Fiction book (1991) -
I know that the woman is half-crazed with grief, the way that any mother would be.
Fiction book (1995) -
The desert has always been the abode of dingbats, visionaries, and half-crazed fools.
Academic text (1994) -
He looks disoriented, half-crazed.
Fiction book (1997) -
I found the man wandering in the woods, looking half-crazed from days without food.
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After hours of waiting for news, she felt half-crazed with anxiety and uncertainty.
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The survivor emerged from the ruins, half-crazed and shouting about the events he had witnessed.
Synonyms
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4.1
Mentally ill and unable to think or behave in a normal way
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8.6
Very crazy or doing things that show bad judgment
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5.0
Acting in a wild and uncontrolled way
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7.6
Not able to think or act in a normal, reasonable way
64
7.2
Being a little crazy in a funny or strange way
28
8.0
Acting or feeling very strange
27
7.8
A person who is not thinking or acting in a normal and safe way
16
8.6
Very wild and out of control, seeming crazy
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8.4
Slightly strange in the way a person thinks or behaves
7
7.2
Acting or speaking in a wild, not sensible way
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7.4
Someone who acts a little crazy
Antonyms
How Crazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Half-crazed combines half ('partly') and crazy ('mad' or 'broken'), so it gives the simple image of someone who is partly mad. That's why half-crazed describes a person driven almost to madness or nearly out of control by fear, pain, or lack of sleep.