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Definitions for Craze

[1] to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.
[2] to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.
[3] British Dialect . to crack.
[4] Archaic . to weaken; impair: to craze one's health.
[5] Obsolete . to break; shatter.
[6] to become insane; go mad.
[7] to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.
[8] Metallurgy . (of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings; worm. (of an ingot) to develop an alligator skin as a result of being teemed into an old and worn mold.
[9] Archaic . to fall to pieces; break.
[10] a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania: the newest dance craze.
[11] insanity; an insane condition.
[12] a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.
[13] Obsolete . flaw; defect.
[14] a short-lived current fashion
[15] a wild or exaggerated enthusiasm a craze for chestnuts
[16] mental disturbance; insanity
[17] to make or become mad
[18] ceramics metallurgy to develop or cause to develop a fine network of cracks
[19] (tr) British archaic , or dialect to break
[20] (tr) archaic to weaken

Words related to Craze

fever, rage, trend, mania, passion, enthusiasm, furor, fashion, cry, novelty, wrinkle, mode, chic, vogue, infatuation, kick, preoccupation, monomania, enrage, bewilder

Words nearby Craze

crayer, crayfish, crayola, crayon, craythur, craze, crazed, crazy, crazy about, be, crazy bone, crazy eights

Origin of Craze

1325–75; Middle English crasen to crush < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian krasa to shatter, crush

Word origin for Craze

C14 (in the sense: to break, shatter): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish krasa to shatter, ultimately of imitative origin

Synonyms for Craze

enthusiasm, fever, furor, mania, passion, rage, trend, chic, cry, fashion, infatuation, kick, mode, monomania, novelty, preoccupation, vogue, wrinkle, in thing, newest wrinkle, the last word, the latest thing