different between crazy vs imprudent

English

Etymology

From craze +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?e?zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Adjective

crazy (comparative crazier, superlative craziest)

1. (obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 203:

     Buchanan shewed her into a room adjoining to Mr. Steele's dressing-room, and separated from it by a very crazy partition.

   • 1816, Francis Jeffrey, "Memoirs of Madame de Larochejaquelein", in The Edinburgh Review February 1816

     They […] got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.
2. (obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras

     Over moist and crazy brains.

   • One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.

   • c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 61:

     My poor aunt has often told me […] how long she herself was apprehensive lest my crazy frame, which is now of common shape, should remain for ever crooked and deformed.

3. Of unsound mind; insane, demented. [from 17th c.]

4. Out of control.

5. Very excited or enthusiastic.
   • 1864, R. B. Kimball, Was He Successful?

     The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.

6. In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

7. (informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:insane
• (out of control): off the chain, nutso
• (insane; lunatic; demented): deranged, loco, nutso, zany

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

crazy (comparative more crazy, superlative most crazy)

1. (slang) Very, extremely.

Translations

Noun

crazy (countable and uncountable, plural crazies)

1. An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Now drink up, you knuckleheads! Have a blast! It's our night, you crazies! Chloe, where are you?

2. (slang, uncountable) Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.

Synonyms

• (insane or eccentric person): lunatic, mad man, nut ball, nut case, nutso, psychopath

Translations

See also

• crazy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle French imprudent, from Latin impr?dens (“not foreseeing, ignorant”), prefix im- (“not”) + pr?dens (“foreseeing, skilled, judicious”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?ud?nt/

Adjective

imprudent (comparative more imprudent, superlative most imprudent)

1. Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

   Synonyms: indiscreet, injudicious, incautious, ill-advised, unwise, heedless, careless, rash, negligent

   Antonym: prudent

   • 1711, John Strype, The Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, volume 1.

     Here Her Majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the Ministers and Readers.

Derived terms

• imprudently

Related terms

• imprudence

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin impr?dens.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.p?u?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.p?u?den/

Adjective

imprudent (masculine and feminine plural imprudents)

1. imprudent, unwise

   Antonym: prudent

Derived terms

• imprudentment

Related terms

• imprudència

Further reading

• “imprudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imprudent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “imprudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “imprudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin impr?dens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p?y.d??/

Adjective

imprudent (feminine singular imprudente, masculine plural imprudents, feminine plural imprudentes)

1. imprudent, rash

   Antonym: prudent

Derived terms

• imprudemment

Related terms

• imprudence

Further reading

• “imprudent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French imprudent

Adjective

imprudent m or n (feminine singular imprudent?, masculine plural impruden?i, feminine and neuter plural imprudente)

1. imprudent

Declension