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crazed — [kreızd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: craze to make crazy (15 19 centuries), from craze to crack, crush (14 20 centuries), from a Scandinavian language] behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way like someone who is mentally ill crazed with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
-crazed — [ kreızd ] suffix used with some nouns for saying what makes someone behave in a crazy and uncontrolled way: a power crazed politician … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
-crazed — UK [kreɪzd] US suffix used with some nouns for saying what makes someone behave in a crazy and uncontrolled way a power crazed politician Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym crazy or sillysynonym prefixeshyponym … Useful english dictionary
crazed — [ kreızd ] adjective completely crazy and uncontrolled … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crazed — [adj] insane berserk, certifiable, crazy, demented, deranged, frenzied, hysterical, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, mental*, out of one’s mind, psychopathic, raving; concept 403 Ant. sane … New thesaurus
Crazed — Craze Craze (kr[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed} (kr[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl[*a] i kras, to break to pieces, F. [ e]craser to crush, fr. the Scand.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-crazed — [[t] kreɪzd[/t]] COMB in ADJ crazed combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe people whose behaviour is wild and uncontrolled because of the thing the noun refers to. ...a drug crazed killer. ...a power crazed TV executive … English dictionary
crazed — [[t]kre͟ɪzd[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Crazed people are wild and uncontrolled, and perhaps insane. [WRITTEN] A crazed gunman slaughtered five people last night. ...a crazed act of revenge. Syn: crazy … English dictionary
crazed — adjective a) Maddened, driven insane. The crazed look in his eyes made everyone back up. b) Covered with cracks (generally applied to porcelain). He was crazed with thirst and resorted to drinking seawater … Wiktionary
crazed — adjective behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way as if you are crazy: a crazed expression (+ with): He was crazed with grief … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
