going 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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"People think they are ready for it but there is a real chance of things going crazy that weekend. Everything could collapse very fast," one MP says.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

So a lot of these kids are going crazy because there’s not much for them to do, and they’re not learning.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

"He had to rely on some of his big boys. They went to extra-time and that is something he didn't want, so he will be going crazy in the dressing room."

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Step aside Hailey Bieber's Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie, Erewhon’s got a new, over-the-top store item that the internet is going crazy for.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

In the locker room the guys were going crazy.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers