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Weird vs. Crazy

Weird and Crazy Definitions

Weird

Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange
He lives in a weird old house on a dark street. Your neighbor is said to be a little weird. I felt a little weird after drinking that tea.

Crazy

Mentally deranged.

Weird

Suggestive of the supernatural
Weird stories about ghosts.

Crazy

(Informal) Odd or eccentric in behavior.

Weird

(Archaic)Of or relating to fate or the Fates.

Crazy

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

Fate; destiny.

Crazy

Immoderately fond; infatuated
Was crazy about boys.

Weird

One's assigned lot or fortune, especially when evil.

Crazy

Intensely involved or preoccupied
Is crazy about cars and racing.

Weird

Slang To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out.

Crazy

Foolish or impractical; senseless
A crazy scheme for making quick money.
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Weird

Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
There are lots of weird people in this place.

Crazy

Intensely annoyed or irritated
It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.

Weird

Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.

Crazy

Disorderly or askew
One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.

Weird

(archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.

Crazy

(Informal) Extremely; very
That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
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Weird

(archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.

Crazy

One who is or appears to be mentally deranged
"To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).

Weird

(archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.

Crazy

Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
His ideas were both frightening and crazy.

Weird

(archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.
There was a weird light shining above the hill.

Crazy

Out of control.
When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

Weird

(archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.

Crazy

Very excited or enthusiastic.
He went crazy when he won.

Weird

A prediction.

Crazy

In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Why is she so crazy about him?

Weird

A spell or charm.

Crazy

(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
The game had a crazy ending.

Weird

That which comes to pass; a fact.

Crazy

(obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.

Weird

The Fates (personified).

Crazy

(obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased.

Weird

(informal) Weirdness.

Crazy

(slang) Very, extremely.
That trick was crazy good.

Weird

(transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.

Crazy

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

Weird

(transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.

Crazy

Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.

Weird

(nonstandard) In a strange manner.

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.

Weird

Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.

Crazy

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains.

Weird

A spell or charm.

Crazy

Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.

Weird

Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

Crazy

Someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Weird

Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
Myself too had weird seizures.
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
The weird sisters, hand in hand,Posters of the sea and land.

Crazy

Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad

Weird

To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

Crazy

Foolish; totally unsound;
An impractical solution
A crazy scheme
Half-baked ideas
A screwball proposal without a prayer of working

Weird

Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters

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

Weird

Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;
An eldritch screech
The three weird sisters
Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures
An unearthly light
He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din

Crazy

Possessed by inordinate excitement;
The crowd went crazy
Was crazy to try his new bicycle

Weird

Strikingly odd or unusual;
Some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow

Crazy

Bizarre or fantastic;
Had a crazy dream
Wore a crazy hat

Crazy

Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;
Crazy about cars and racing

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