1
as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a crazy plan to climb Mount Everest without proper equipment
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as in excited
showing urgent desire or interest
crazy for the latest entertainment news
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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
a downtown musician with crazy notions of what's stylish and what's not
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as in absurd
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
the mansion is a crazy construction of several different styles
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as in insane
usually offensive
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
started yelling in the middle of the store like a crazy man
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as in uneven
inclined or twisted to one side
surrounded by crazy stacks of books, she began writing her paper
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as in twisted
marked by a long series of irregular curves
walked down a crazy path deep in the woods to a secluded swimming hole
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as in revolutionary
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
beleaguered government officials tried to dismiss the protesters as a bunch of crazies
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Recent Examples of crazy
Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Nas just dropped four or five crazy joints and people are still gravitating to it.
—Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020
The Crimson Tide’s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn’t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team’s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 28 Jan. 2020
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Adjective
Fertilizers come in a dizzying array of types, and their labels can drive you absolutely crazy.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Nas just dropped four or five crazy joints and people are still gravitating to it.
—Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
There are four types of winter drivers: plodders, joggers, speeders and crazies.
—cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020
The Crimson Tide’s student section under first-year coach Nate Oats doesn’t have a catchy new nickname yet, but the hardhat wearing Crimson crazies showed up in force for the home team’s gritty 77-74 victory against Kansas State.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 28 Jan. 2020
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Counting on one of the league’s most expensive talents to play meaningful minutes from here on out at his age with a track record like that is nearly as foolish as Nico trading a perennial MVP candidate at 26.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 4,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The lesson isn’t that NBA teams are reckless or foolish.—
Spencer Harrison,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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So, there are all sorts of fun details and influences here and everybody at Eintracht Frankfurt sounds incredibly excited about where the appointment may lead.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — during the halftime show, to a family excited to witness their son play in one of the biggest games of his career, here's a quick breakdown of those moments.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Having stabilized his ship in orbit around the black hole, Dr Hans Reinhardt (a bizarre, OTT performance from Maximilian Schell) now plans to fly into it, assisted by an unquestioning crew of automatons with a very dark origin story.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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That's bizarre to me, especially those two.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Straight men, in particular, are only talked about, kept in the background, or appearing as authority figures trying to uphold absurd laws and traditions.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Pepsi’s chart is absurd and someone’s going to look stupid when the momentum fades.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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Last week, the wind-power green scam artists were back in federal court, arguing to be permitted to keep squandering billions more on those insane offshore windmills that produce next to no energy, but plenty of pollution.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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That’s the best reaction to these stupid, insane men ruling the world now and trying to grab and dominate the world.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
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Despite substantial investment, outcomes remain uneven, and access to alternatives is often constrained by income.—
Carol Platt Liebau,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bets on economic resilience have recently fueled gains in companies that tend to benefit from improving growth prospects, the latest data underscored the uneven labor market characterized by limited numbers of overall dismissals and lackluster hiring.—
Rita Nazareth,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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In this succession of adaptations, each filmmaker has gradually softened the original form—a dark and twisted story of obsession, generational trauma, and self-destruction—into something that more closely resembles a wild, cinematic love story.—
Cazzie David,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
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As the rising sun seeps through twisted mangroves, JP Clark’s fly fishing rod bends suddenly.—
Max Chesnes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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With that mental reframing, the American (and then French and other) revolutionaries changed not just their own country, but the world.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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In this topsy-turvy world, Erdoğan was the revolutionary, and the representatives of leftist institutions and unions were the rotten elites.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Crazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazy. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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