crazy

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I held the man at bay with my .45 while one of the neighbors went and got the police, one of whom happened to be a cousin of mine, who later told me that this crazy was a known thug who had done a stretch on the inside for assault.

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  1. adjective Affected with madness; insane.
  2. adjective Informal Departing from proportion or moderation, especially:
  3. adjective Informal Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement: The crowd at the game went crazy.
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  • Grim-faced. A stone-cold sort of crazy, which is far, far worse. —  Gone by Lisa Gardner
  • To condemn someone and call them crazy, and then say "And here's my sources and proof that he's crazy -- MY OWN WRITINGS!" —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Even if you think hiring only tall models is unfair or even crazy, that is the way it is. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • As long as his crazy isn't interfering with his work then I think he has a case. —  Quintessential Rambling
  • Call me a puritan, call my crazy or inflexible or unrealistic, but I expect more from those who declare themselves bent on waging a moral crusade. —  PopMatters
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mad ·  stupid ·  insane ·  damn ·  funny ·  sick ·  dumb

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crazy:   crazies
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  1. Early modern English crasig, crasie; from craze + -y; substituted for earlier crazed.
 

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