Crazed
[krezd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Craze
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Examples
- His coarse, strong nature craved, and could endure, a continual stimulation, that would have utterly wrecked and crazed a finer one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For three days men crazed with fear have surged about this portal in vain attempts to solve its mystery. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He may be crazed, or he may be only crafty, or perhaps a little of both. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He replied in a hollow voice, Why deceive a helpless old man, why talk hypocritically to one half crazed? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Dobbin was not a little affected by the sight of this once kind old friend, crazed almost with misfortune and raving with senile anger. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Or will they forgive the freaks of a half crazed imagination? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A crazed young common dog! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A great many years ago a man called Bolsover became crazed by some unhappy experiences and decided to kill himself by fastening a rope around his neck and hanging from a cross-beam overhead. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I think the moon was at the full, and Michael was as near crazed as possible. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If you rouse her or scold her, she gives you a look, half wistful, half reckless, which sends you away as queer and crazed as herself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Only one, and he a miserable creature, of a crazed aspect, is so shattered and made drunk by horror, that he sings, and tries to dance. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Surely the burnt treacle has not crazed her? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was no other than Michael Hartley, the half-crazed weaver once before alluded to, a frantic Antinomian in religion, and a mad leveller in politics. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When all was still, at a late hour, poor crazed Miss Flite came weeping to me and told me she had given her birds their liberty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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