crazed

[ kreyzd ]

adjective

1. insane; demented.
2. suffering loss of emotional control:

   crazed with fear.

3. (of a ceramic object) having small cracks in the glaze.

crazed

/ kreɪzd /

adjective

1. driven insane
2. (of porcelain or pottery) having a fine network of cracks in the glaze

Other Words From

• craz·ed·ly [krey, -zid-lee], adverb
• half-crazed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crazed¹

1425–75; late Middle English. See craze, -ed ²

Example Sentences

There’s also the crazed racket of “Motorbike Song” and the alluring ballad “Big Dreams,” written on acoustic guitar and matched in tone by a wistful music video directed by longtime collaborator John Angus Stewart.

From Los Angeles Times

He approached her “with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her and said ‘You are ready to party!’” the lawsuit states.

From Los Angeles Times

Mayer took his own crazed solo, followed by Stills, and then Young closed with a final flurry of notes, flailing and cataclysmic, as always.

From Los Angeles Times

The aftermath, she wrote, included Navarro still looking “handsome and cool in the middle of a fight” and Farrell looking like “a crazed beast for the next half an hour.”

From Los Angeles Times

It is hard to fathom that this crazed conspiracy theory justified for many Germans the mass murder of two out of every three of Europe’s Jews.

From Salon

Related Words

• demented
• deranged
• frenzied
• hysterical