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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

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

“I felt like I finally did get validation. It’s been six and a half years. I felt a lot of the time, ‘Was I going crazy?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

"I started to feel like I was going crazy and I was making it up in my head," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

Guys on the sideline were going crazy too, yelling and pointing at each other.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña