craziness

cra·zy  (krz)

adj. cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est

1. Affected with madness; insane.

2. Informal Departing from proportion or moderation, especially:

a. Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement: The crowd at the game went crazy.

b. Immoderately fond; infatuated: was crazy about boys.

c. Intensely involved or preoccupied: is crazy about cars and racing.

d. Foolish or impractical; senseless: a crazy scheme for making quick money.

n. pl. cra·zies

One who is or appears insane: "To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).

Idiom:

like crazy Informal

To an exceeding degree: They were running around like crazy.

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crazi·ly adv.

crazi·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	craziness - informal terms for insanity daftness, flakiness insanity - relatively permanent disorder of the mind
	2.	craziness - the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" foolishness, folly, madness stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
	3.	craziness - foolish or senseless behavior         foolery, tomfoolery, lunacy, folly, indulgence frolic, gambol, romp, caper, play - gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss - (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity buffoonery, clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank, frivolity - acting like a clown or buffoon

Translations

craziness [ˈkreɪzɪnɪs] N (= madness) [of person] → locura f; [of behaviour, idea] → insensatez f

craziness [ˈkreɪzinɪs] n

[person, behaviour] → folie f

[situation] → folie f

craziness

n → Verrücktheit f