Crazy vs. Mad

Crazy vs. Mad — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Crazy and Mad

Crazyadjective

Insane; lunatic; demented.

His ideas were both frightening and crazy.

Madadjective

Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.

You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.

Crazyadjective

Out of control.

When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

Madadjective

Angry, annoyed.

Are you mad at me?

Crazyadjective

Overly excited or enthusiastic.

He went crazy when he won.

Madadjective

Wildly confused or excited.

to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred
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Crazyadjective

In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

Why is she so crazy about him?

Madadjective

Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.

Crazyadjective

(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.

The game had a crazy ending.

Madadjective

Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.

Aren't you just mad for that red dress?

Crazyadjective

Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Madadjective

(of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.

a mad dog
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Crazyadverb

(slang) Very, extremely.

That trick was crazy good.

Madadjective

Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.

I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets.Their lead guitarist has mad skills.There are always mad girls at those parties.

Crazynoun

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

Madadjective

(of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.

Crazynoun

Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.

Madadverb

Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.

He was driving mad slow.It's mad hot today.He seems mad keen on her.

Crazynoun

someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Madverb

To be or become mad.

Crazyadjective

affected with madness or insanity;

a man who had gone mad

Madverb

To madden, to anger, to frustrate.

Crazyadjective

foolish; totally unsound;

an impractical solutiona crazy schemehalf-baked ideasa screwball proposal without a prayer of working

Madadjective

roused to anger;

stayed huffy a good whileshe gets mad when you wake her up so earlymad at his friendsore over a remark

Crazyadjective

marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;

she was crazy about himgaga over the rock group's new albumhe was infatuated with her

Madadjective

affected with madness or insanity;

a man who had gone mad

Crazyadjective

possessed by inordinate excitement;

the crowd went crazywas crazy to try his new bicycle

Madadjective

marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;

a crowd of delirious baseball fanssomething frantic in their gaietya mad whirl of pleasure

Crazyadjective

bizarre or fantastic;

had a crazy dreamwore a crazy hat

Madadjective

very foolish;

harebrained ideastook insane risks behind the wheela completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains

Crazyadjective

intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

crazy about cars and racing