Craziness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

informal terms for insanity

the quality of being rash and foolish

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈeɪzinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈeɪzinəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈeɪzinəs/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈeɪzinəs/.

Examples

trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

daftness folly foolery flakiness indulgence madness lunacy tomfoolery foolishness

Parts of Speech

noun	informal terms for insanity
noun	the quality of being rash and foolish “trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly”
noun	foolish or senseless behavior

Word Forms

crazy	adjective	affected with madness or insanity
daft	adjective	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
flaky	adjective	conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
flakey	adjective	conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
foolish	adjective	devoid of good sense or judgment
mad	adjective	very foolish
fool	verb	indulge in horseplay
lunatic	adjective	insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verrücktheit

informelle Begriffe für Wahnsinn

🇫🇷French

folie

termes informels pour la folie

🇪🇸Spanish

locura

términos informales para la locura

🇮🇹Italian

follia

termini informali per follia

🇳🇱Dutch

gekte

informele termen voor krankzinnigheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

loucura

termos informais para insanidade

🇷🇺Russian

безумие

неофициальные термины для безумия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सिड़

पागलपन के लिए अनौपचारिक शब्द

🇧🇩Bengali

পাগলামি

উন্মাদতার জন্য অনানুষ্ঠানিক পদ

🇮🇳Tamil

வெறித்தனம்

பைத்தியக்காரத்தனத்திற்கான முறைசாரா விதிமுறைகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

వెర్రితనం

పిచ్చితనానికి అనధికారిక నిబంధనలు

🇮🇳Marathi

वेडेपणा

वेडेपणासाठी अनौपचारिक अटी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગાંડપણ

ગાંડપણ માટે અનૌપચારિક શરતો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹುಚ್ಚುತನ

ಹುಚ್ಚುತನಕ್ಕೆ ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ನಿಯಮಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭ്രാന്ത്

ഭ്രാന്തിൻ്റെ അനൗപചാരിക നിബന്ധനകൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਗਲਪਨ

ਪਾਗਲਪਣ ਲਈ ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

پاگل پن

پاگل پن کے لیے غیر رسمی اصطلاحات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疯狂

精神错乱的非正式术语

🇯🇵Japanese

狂気

狂気を表す非公式な用語

🇰🇷Korean

발광

광기에 대한 비공식 용어

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự điên rồ

điều khoản không chính thức cho sự điên rồ

🇹🇭Thai

ความบ้าคลั่ง

เงื่อนไขที่ไม่เป็นทางการสำหรับความวิกลจริต

🇮🇩Indonesian

kegilaan

istilah informal untuk kegilaan

🇵🇭Filipino

kabaliwan

impormal na mga termino para sa pagkabaliw

🇲🇾Malay

kegilaan

istilah tidak rasmi untuk kegilaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جنون

مصطلحات غير رسمية للجنون

🇮🇷Persian

دیوانگی

اصطلاحات غیر رسمی برای جنون

🇹🇷Turkish

delilik

delilik için resmi olmayan terimler

🇮🇱Hebrew

טֵרוּף

תנאים לא פורמליים לשיגעון

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