as in psychotic
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
A formulaic slasher film about a crazed killer out for revenge.
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as in deranged
to cause to go insane or as if insane
horses crazed by the barn fire kicked out their stall doors as they tried to escape
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Recent Examples of crazed
Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2025
To make matters worse, Elphaba believes he has been killed and becomes crazed with grief.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
TikTok brims with both clever and crazed conspiracy theories.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2025
Phoenix’s crazed, killer Batman villain is back, and he’s now joined by Lady Gaga as the equally insane Harley Quinn.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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They are not deranged or crazed.
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That character is having a kind of psychotic break, really.—
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However, mental health experts now warn that for a small group of vulnerable people, long and emotionally charged conversations with AI may worsen delusions or psychotic symptoms.—
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None of them were deranged enough to crack Williams — though Storrie, on the other hand, was slightly unprepared for the heat their fans brought to the game.—
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With Michael Shannon magnificently plainspoken as Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen tragically deranged as Charles Guiteau and Nick Offerman steeped in inner conflict as undeserving Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, this is as good as historical drama gets.—
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And everyone is mad at Andrew—though this one feels like a rumor and more reality.—
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He’s been thrown straight into a mad month, in which Chelsea have Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Champions League fixtures.—
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Code Pink is a bunch of insane radicals and someone could have gotten hurt.—
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At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Keira is the first to admit she’s not blessed with insane athletic ability.—
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About Bristol, some homeowners as far as Plainville and Southington say they also are disturbed by the sound and have spent the last year and a half pushing their local governments to act.—
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He was also disturbed by the 2016 murder of Labour parliamentarian Jo Cox by a far-right figure associated with neo-Nazi groups who had been radicalized online.—
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Also in the mix were Dogbert, a maniacal schemer, and Catbert, the ruthless head of HR.—
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O’Connell goes all in on maniacal Sir Jimmy while Fiennes eats up needle drops like a demon.—
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This is a president who is distracted by things that don't matter to the American people at a moment where the American people are in crisis.—
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Even the most emotionally invested of us can get distracted.—
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So that fundamental feeling of powerlessness in the face of larger, ominous and obscure forces doesn’t feel very crazy or conspiratorial to me.—
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Drinkers sometimes complained that wines tasted weird and crazy, not just wild, and inconsistent from bottle to bottle.—
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“Crazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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