What does crack brained mean?
Crack brained means Idiotic..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Idiotic..
In order to ſet ſo hopeful a Genius right in this matter, vve have ſent you an anſvver to the ill-grounded Sophiſms of thoſe crack brain'd fellovvs, and likevviſe an eaſy mechanical explication of Perception or Thinking.
By degrees, Jean Paul began to be considered not a strange, crackbrained mixture of enthusiast and buffoon, but a man of infinite humour, sensibility, force, and penetration.
Could it be, after all, that the whole story was true, and the writing on the sherd was not a forgery, or the invention of some crack-brained, long-forgotten individual?
He shook his head; the milk pail was still at his feet. «You always been a crackbrained sonofabitch anyhow.»
Ralph is a downtrodden, debt-ridden mailman who lives on a diet of Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and The People's Court; dreams of sudden quiz-show success; and (like his namesake, Kramden) keeps hatching crackbrained get-rich schemes (his latest is a battery-operated jump rope).
Use crack brained when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crack brained means Idiotic..
Common synonyms include birdbrained, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In order to ſet ſo hopeful a Genius right in this matter, vve have ſent you an anſvver to the ill-grounded Sophiſms of thoſe crack brain'd fellovvs, and likevviſe an eaſy mechanical explication of Perception or Thinking.
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