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Definition: Craziness |
CrazinessNoun1. Informal terms for insanity. 2. The quality of being rash and foolish. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "craziness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: CrazinessSynonyms: daftness (n), flakiness (n), folly (n), foolishness (n). (additional references) |
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| "Craziness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Craziness" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
craziness | 645 |
boy craziness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "craziness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | besetenheid (insanity, lunacy, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تجزع, جنون (craze, dementia, foolishness, insanity, lunacy, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | лудост (craze, distraction, fury, insanity, lunacy, madness, rage), побърканост (craze, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 疯狂 (AMOK, Amuck, Crazy, demented, frenzied, Frenzies, frenzy, insane, insanity, mad, madness, maniacal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | potrhlost, potřeštìnost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zinsverbýstering (insanity, lunacy, madness), zinneloosheid (insanity, lunacy, madness), waanzin (insanity, lunacy, madness), uitzinnigheid (insanity, lunacy, madness), krankzinnigheid (insanity, lunacy, madness), gekte (insanity, lunacy, madness), gekheid (insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | frenezo (insanity, lunacy, madness), frenezeco (insanity, lunacy, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inconscience, folie (craze things), aliénation, affolement, aberration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | waansin (insanity, lunacy, madness), dwylsinnigens (insanity, lunacy, madness), dwylsin (insanity, lunacy, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verdrehtheit (absurdity, confusion, garbledness, nonsense, rubbish), wahnsinn (deliriousness, frenzy, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρέλα (aberration, craze, cult, fad, madness, mania). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ש'עון (absurdity, insanity, kink, lunacy, madness, mania, quirk, whim), "שתטות (foolishness, madness), טרוף ""עת (delusion, insanity, lunacy, madness), טרוף (amok, dementia, frenzy, madness, maggot, mixed, scrambled, torn apart), רוח תזזית (spirit of madness, squally wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | roskatagság (caducity), őrület (craze, dementia, distraction, insanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keedanan (foolishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | follia (Folly, foolery, insanity, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 発狂 (insanity, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はっきょう (insanity, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keoieid (frenzy, furiousness, insanity, madness, mania, rage, savageness, viciousness, wildness, wildness of persons), blebbinys (folly, foolishness, tomfoolery), baanrid (frenzy, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | lokura (insanity, lunacy, madness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azinesscray scrântealã, nebunie (craze, dementia, distraction, Folly, foolery, foolishness, frenzy, hobby, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, mischief, phrensy, raving), demenţã (dementia, distraction, insanity, madness, madwoman), şubrezenie (feebleness, flimsiness, frailty, infirmity, instability, weakness). (various references) сумасшествие (dementia, derangement, distraction, insaneity, insanity, madness), умопомешательство (alienation, insanity, midsummer madness), безумств�, безумство (insanity, lunacy, madness). (various references) ludost (foolish act). (various references) locura (alienation, amok, amuck, Folly, insanity, lunacy, madness, piece of folly, wildness), demencia (dementia, insanity, madness). (various references) vanvett (frenzy, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania), vansinne (delirium, frenzy, insanity, lunacy, mad, madness), mani (craze, fad, mania), galenskap (act of folly, distraction, Folly, insanity, lunacy, madness), fluga (bow, craze, fad, fly, housefly, rage), dille (craze, horrors, jimjams). (various references) delilik (bug, crotchet, derangement, distraction, extravagance, Folly, foolery, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, mental derangement, vagary, wildness), çılgınlık (craze, delirium, distraction, escapade, fad, foolhardiness, frenzy, fury, lunacy, madness, nuts, rabidness, rave, raving, ravings, vagary, wildness). (various references) tình trạng khập khiểng, sự quá say mê sự mất trí, sự điên dại tình trạng xộc xệch, đ" đạc (crazy, gear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amentia, dementia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "craziness": crazinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Craziness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chasifness, Crazannes, crazieness, crazinesses, krajinas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "craziness" (pronounced krā"zēnus) |
| 6 | -ā" z ē n u s | laziness. |
| 5 | -z ē n u s | clumsiness, coziness, dizziness, drowsiness, lousiness, nosiness, queasiness, uneasiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, cockiness, contrariness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dreariness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, liveliness, loneliness, nastiness, niggardliness, orderliness, pettiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-r-s-s-z" | |
-1 letter: arcsines, arsenics, raciness. | |
-2 letters: ancress, arcsine, arsenic, arsines, carnies, caseins, caserns, crazies, incases. | |
-3 letters: anises, arisen, arises, arsine, assize, azines, cairns, caners, caress, caries, carnie, carses, casein, casern, cerias, cranes, crases, crasis, crazes, crises, crissa, ericas, escars, incase, nacres, raises, rances, resins, rinses, saices, sanies, sansei, sarins, sarsen, scares, scenas, scries, seracs, serais. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-r-s-s-z" | |
+2 letters: crazinesses. | |
+4 letters: accessorizing, conservatizes, sectarianizes. | |
+5 letters: conversaziones, schizophrenias. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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