Antonyms for craze

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kreyz

Phonetic Transcription : kreɪz

Definition of craze

Origin : mid-14c., crasen, craisen "to shatter," probably Germanic and perhaps ultimately from a Scandinavian source (e.g. Old Norse *krasa "shatter"), but entering English via an Old French form (cf. Modern French écraser). Original sense preserved in crazy quilt pattern and in reference to pottery glazing (1832). Mental sense perhaps comes via transferred sense of "be diseased or deformed" (mid-15c.), or it might be an image. Related: Crazed; crazing.

noun fad, strong interest
verb make insane

Example sentences :

It is but a few years since the craze for the Angora cat started.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

Perhaps his slight "craze" about a mine made him less cautious than usual.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 » by Various

Then his anxiety for Mordaunt sprang up and commenced to craze him.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Frantic thousands are swamping boats of all sizes in their craze to get away.
Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks

Do not craze yourself with thinking, but go about your business anywhere.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

There's a craze about for sickly pathos, which, to me, is simply disgusting.
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

He works under the influence of a craze that is little less than disease.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

It was by no means the first time his passion for botanizing had been called a craze.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 » by Various

I want to call your attention to that craze for fine dressing.
Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various

But surely such a craze is not sufficient to prove insanity!
Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade

Synonyms for craze

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