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pazzo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • batty adj Crazy, eccentric, or slightly mad.
  • crazy adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
  • gaga adjective Mentally confused, especially due to old age.
  • insane adj Suffering from serious mental illness; not of sound mind.
  • loopy adj Slightly crazy, silly, or dazed, often from tiredness or medication.
  • mad adj Angry or annoyed.
  • madman noun A man who behaves in an insane, irrational, or extremely reckless way.
  • mental adj Relating to the mind, thinking, or intellectual activity, rather than the body.
  • nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
  • nuts adj Informal: crazy, irrational, or wildly excited.

Senses

pazzo is used for these senses in English:

  • batty (slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
  • cray-cray (slang) Crazy.
  • crazy Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]
  • gaga (informal) Crazy.
  • insane Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
  • insane (informal) Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.
  • mad (chiefly, British Isles) Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
  • madman A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.

crazy — full definition

  1. adj Mentally unstable or irrational; behaving in a wild or nonsensical way.
  2. adj Informal: extremely enthusiastic about or infatuated with someone or something.
  3. noun Informal: an eccentric or irrational person.

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