Craziness vs. Crazy

(uncountable) The state of being crazy; madness; derangement

The state of being broken down or weakened

Example: ‘the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs’;

(countable) The result or product of being crazy.

The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

informal terms for insanity

the quality of being rash and foolish

foolish or senseless behavior

Insane; lunatic; demented.

Example: ‘His ideas were both frightening and crazy.’;

Out of control.

Example: ‘When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.’;

Overly excited or enthusiastic.

Example: ‘He went crazy when he won.’;

In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

Example: ‘Why is she so crazy about him?’;

(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.

Example: ‘The game had a crazy ending.’;

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

(slang) Very, extremely.

Example: ‘That trick was crazy good.’;

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.

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

Example: ‘Piles of mean andcrazy houses.’; ‘One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.’; ‘They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.’;

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

Example: ‘Over moist and crazy brains.’;

Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.

Example: ‘The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.’;

someone deranged and possibly dangerous

affected with madness or insanity;

Example: ‘a man who had gone mad’;

foolish; totally unsound;

Example: ‘an impractical solution’; ‘a crazy scheme’; ‘half-baked ideas’; ‘a screwball proposal without a prayer of working’;

marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;

Example: ‘she was crazy about him’; ‘gaga over the rock group's new album’; ‘he was infatuated with her’;

possessed by inordinate excitement;

Example: ‘the crowd went crazy’; ‘was crazy to try his new bicycle’;

bizarre or fantastic;

Example: ‘had a crazy dream’; ‘wore a crazy hat’;

intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

Example: ‘crazy about cars and racing’;

mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour

Example: ‘Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor’; ‘a crazy look’;

extremely angry

Example: ‘the noise was driving me crazy’;

foolish

Example: ‘it was crazy to hope that good might come out of this mess’;

extremely enthusiastic

Example: ‘I'm crazy about Cindy’; ‘a football-crazy bunch of boys’;

(of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely

Example: ‘the monument leant at a crazy angle’;

(of a ship or building) full of cracks or flaws; unsound.

extremely

Example: ‘I've been crazy busy’;

a mad person

Example: ‘keep that crazy away from me’;