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stir-crazy
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stir-crazyadjective
Of a prisoner, mentally unbalanced due to prolonged incarceration.
stir-crazyadjective
By extension, restless, uncomfortable, or impatient due to inactivity or confinement.
After so many days of rain, the kids started to get a bit stir-crazy.
Etymology: First attested around 1925, from prison slang "stir". See,.
Wikipedia
stir-crazy
Stir-crazy is an alternate idiom for cabin fever, a negative reaction caused by prolonged confinement.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stir-crazy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stir-crazy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stir-crazy in a Sentence
I think that people want to get out, i think they've been cooped up, I think they're going stir crazy.
It's not really to the point where we're getting stir-crazy, if they keep us in the rooms for four to five days it might be a little different.
As frustrating as it was to be a nurse, now that I'm not at the bedside I'm feeling a bit guilty. I'm working in an office, my husband gets a little stir crazy, and the baby wants to go places. But there's nothing more important than protecting us.
He doesn't like being left alone, when no one's there, he said he's just staring at the four walls. He can go stir crazy just staring at the emptiness.
The applause tells the story, but Goodell should have squashed it immediately and said, ‘We’re in the process of educating players.’ CTE is real. Adams is 20-something years old, stir crazy right now, in the New York spotlight. I don’t blame him for saying that. But to ignore CTE is to ignore the facts. That’s not the message the NFL wants.
Translations for stir-crazy
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- إثارة الجنونArabic
- šílenýCzech
- Rühr-verrücktGerman
- σκέτη παράνοιαGreek
- stir-frenezaEsperanto
- جنون آمیزPersian
- remuer fouFrench
- तेज़ी से हिलाएंHindi
- kavar-őrültHungarian
- gila-gilaanIndonesian
- מערבבים-מטורףHebrew
- ಮೂಡಲು-ಹುಚ್ಚುKannada
- 미친Korean
- movent-rabidusLatin
- roergekDutch
- zamieszanie-szalonyPolish
- agita-nebunRomanian
- కదిలించు-వెర్రిTelugu
- ہلچل پاگلUrdu
- 疯狂的Chinese
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