Lazy vs. Crazy: What's the Difference?
Lazy and Crazy Definitions
Lazy
Not willing to work or be energetic.
Crazy
Mentally deranged.
Lazy
Slow-moving; sluggish
A lazy river.
Crazy
(Informal) Odd or eccentric in behavior.
Lazy
Conducive to inactivity or indolence
A lazy summer day.
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Crazy
Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement
The crowd at the game went crazy.
Lazy
Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.
Crazy
Immoderately fond; infatuated
Was crazy about boys.
Lazy
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
Crazy
Intensely involved or preoccupied
Is crazy about cars and racing.
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Lazy
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.
Crazy
Foolish or impractical; senseless
A crazy scheme for making quick money.
Lazy
Showing a lack of effort or care.
Lazy writing
Crazy
Intensely annoyed or irritated
It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.
Lazy
Sluggish; slow-moving.
We strolled along beside a lazy stream.
Crazy
Disorderly or askew
One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.
Lazy
Lax:
Crazy
(Informal) Extremely; very
That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
Lazy
Droopy.
A lazy-eared rabbit
Crazy
One who is or appears to be mentally deranged
"To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).
Lazy
(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Crazy
Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
His ideas were both frightening and crazy.
Lazy
Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
Crazy
Out of control.
When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.
Lazy
(comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
A lazy algorithm
Crazy
Very excited or enthusiastic.
He went crazy when he won.
Lazy
Wicked; vicious.
Crazy
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Why is she so crazy about him?
Lazy
(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.
Crazy
(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
The game had a crazy ending.
Lazy
A lazy person.
Crazy
(obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.
Lazy
(obsolete) Sloth (animal).
Crazy
(obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased.
Lazy
Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
Crazy
(slang) Very, extremely.
That trick was crazy good.
Lazy
Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
Crazy
An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
Lazy
Wicked; vicious.
Crazy
Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.
Lazy
Moving slowly and gently;
Up a lazy river
Lazy white clouds
At a lazy pace
Crazy
Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Piles of mean andcrazy houses.
One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.
Lazy
Disinclined to work or exertion;
Faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
An indolent hanger-on
Too lazy to wash the dishes
Shiftless idle youth
Slothful employees
The unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
Crazy
Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains.
Crazy
Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
Crazy
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Crazy
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad
Crazy
Foolish; totally unsound;
An impractical solution
A crazy scheme
Half-baked ideas
A screwball proposal without a prayer of working
Crazy
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;
She was crazy about him
Gaga over the rock group's new album
He was infatuated with her
Crazy
Possessed by inordinate excitement;
The crowd went crazy
Was crazy to try his new bicycle
Crazy
Bizarre or fantastic;
Had a crazy dream
Wore a crazy hat
Crazy
Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;
Crazy about cars and racing
