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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“My dad’s going crazy because the Patriots are scoring or something,” Austin Sagan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“A Hard Day’s Night,” they’re running and jumping and going crazy in a field — it showed that you don’t just have to be standing there playing your instruments.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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

"This show is bringing up the conversation that if you keep chasing some version of beauty that's outside of yourself, you may never be satisfied and you might end up going crazy," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

We had the poor salesman guy going crazy.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger