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crazies

cra·zy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [krey-zee]
    • /ˈkreɪ zi/
    • /ˈkreɪ.zi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [krey-zee]
    • /ˈkreɪ zi/

Definitions of crazies word

  • adjective crazies mentally deranged; demented; insane. 1
  • adjective crazies senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme. 1
  • adjective crazies Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball. 1
  • adjective crazies Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually followed by about): He was crazy about her. 1
  • adjective crazies Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis. 1
  • adjective crazies Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat. 1

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Origin of crazies

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; craze + -y1

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Parts of speech for Crazies

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crazies popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for crazies

noun crazies

  • devotee — Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
  • bigot — If you describe someone as a bigot, you mean that they are bigoted.
  • freak — a fleck or streak of color.
  • maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
  • radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.

adjective crazies

  • sillies — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
  • odds — something that is odd.
  • apes — Plural form of ape.
  • batty — If you say that someone is batty, you mean that they are rather eccentric or slightly crazy.
  • loonies — Canadian Informal. a dollar coin.

Antonyms for crazies

noun crazies

  • conservative — A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
  • moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
  • stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
  • habit — an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
  • as usual — You use as usual to indicate that you are describing something that normally happens or that is normally the case.

adjective crazies

  • calms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm.
  • smarts — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.

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