go crazy

VERB

become insane

Synonyms

STRONGEST

freak out go off lose it

WEAK

blow a gasket blow one's mind blow one's stack blow one's top crack up flip one's lid flip out fly off the handle go ballistic go bananas go batty go berserk go bonkers go buggy go cuckoo go daffy go haywire go kooky go loco go loony go mental go nuts go nutty go off one's rocker go off the deep end go off the wall go psycho go wacko go wacky lose control of oneself lose one's cool lose one's mind wig out

Example Sentences

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“Let’s not go crazy here,” he told MarketWatch via phone.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

“You know, they go crazy when I say, ‘The late, great Hannibal Lecter,’ OK?

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“I’m waiting until Brooks wins. I’ll go crazy that year.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"We can't go crazy because of a bad afternoon, that's what today was and we have to continue."

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

“You’d go crazy, too,” she shouted, “if someone caught you in that silly old net.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls