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crazy

 
/ˈkreɪ·zi/ adj

Definition

very strange or foolish: She’s the craziest person I’ve ever met. [+ to infinitive] You’re crazy to rent the place without seeing it first. Crazy can mean mentally ill. Crazy can also mean behaving in a strange way esp. because of stress, as if you are mentally ill: The constant whine of the machine nearly drove (= made) me crazy. I think she’ll go (= become) crazy if she doesn’t take a vacation soon. crazily
 
/ˈkreɪ·zə·li/ adv [not gradable]
craziness
 
/ˈkreɪ·zi·nəs/ n [U]
(Definition of crazy adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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