noun
Meaning 1
A strong habitual desire or fancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
craze
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kɹeɪz/
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noun
Meaning 2
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bug
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ceramics, chemistry, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Craziness; insanity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 5
To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 6
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive, transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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noun
Meaning 10
a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: crack
noun
Meaning 11
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fad, furor, furore, cult, rage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fashion
noun
Meaning 12
state of violent mental agitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mania, manic disorder
Narrower terms: nympholepsy, mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia
verb
Meaning 13
develop a fine network of cracks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Crazed ceramics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crack
verb
Meaning 14
cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: madden
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: unbalance, derange
History
Etymology
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Scots krass (“to crush, squeeze, wrinkle”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Faroese kras (“small pieces”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мания (manija) — temporary passion
- Danish: dille — temporary passion
- Danish: mani — temporary passion
- Esperanto: furoro — temporary passion
- Finnish: villitys — temporary passion
- French: engouement — temporary passion
- German: Fimmel — temporary passion
- Hebrew: שיגעון (shiga'on) — temporary passion
- Māori: hōkeka — temporary passion
- Norwegian: dille — temporary passion
- Plautdietsch: Daumel — temporary passion
- Polish: bzik — temporary passion
- Polish: fioł — temporary passion
- Polish: mania — temporary passion
- Polish: moda — temporary passion
- Polish: szał — temporary passion
- Portuguese: febre — temporary passion
- Russian: ма́ния (mánija) — temporary passion
- Spanish: manía — temporary passion
- Swedish: fluga — temporary passion
- Swedish: dille — temporary passion
- Swedish: mani — temporary passion
- Vietnamese: mốt — temporary passion
- Bulgarian: подлудявам (podludjavam) — to derange the intellect of; to render insane
- Esperanto: frenezigi — to derange the intellect of; to render insane
- Spanish: enloquecer — to derange the intellect of; to render insane
- Spanish: volver loco — to derange the intellect of; to render insane
- Spanish: enajenar — to derange the intellect of; to render insane
- Esperanto: frenezi — to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane
- Italian: impazzire — to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane
- Romanian: înnebuni — to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane
- Polish: popękać — to crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery