Crazier
adjectiveMore irrational, absurd, or wildly extreme than something else being compared.
How to spell crazier
7 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce crazier
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does crazier mean?
- adjectiveMore irrational, absurd, or wildly extreme than something else being compared.
Crazier in a sentence
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The second plan was even crazier than the first.
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Traffic gets crazier every time it rains in the city.
Where does crazier come from?
Language of origin: Old Norse
The base word 'crazy' grew out of the verb 'craze', which in Middle English meant to crack, shatter, or break into pieces. That verb is thought to come from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse 'krasa', meaning to shatter or crush, and the same idea of breakage survives today in 'crazed' glaze on old pottery, where the surface is covered in tiny cracks. From the literal sense of being cracked or broken, 'crazy' developed the figurative meaning of an unsound or broken mind during the 1500s and 1600s, and it later softened into the everyday senses of foolish, wildly enthusiastic, or simply remarkable. The comparative form 'crazier' follows the regular English rule for adjectives ending in a consonant plus y: the y turns into an i before the suffix -er is added, which is the small spelling trap to remember.
How the word is built
- craz- (root, from craze: to crack or shatter)
- -ier (comparative suffix, with y changing to i)
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