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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(slang) Of a prisoner, mentally unbalanced due to prolonged incarceration..
After so many days of rain, the kids started to get a bit stir-crazy.
And many, at the same time, are anxious and bored and underemployed and overemployed and stir-crazy and uncertain and lonely and terrified.
Use stir-crazy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stir-crazy means (slang) Of a prisoner, mentally unbalanced due to prolonged incarceration..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After so many days of rain, the kids started to get a bit stir-crazy.
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