drive someone crazy

verb

To annoy or irritate.

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locodrive someone insanedrive someone maddrive someone nutsdrive someone up the walldrive to distraction
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Meanings

verbdrive someone crazy (third-person singular simple present drives someone crazy, present participle driving someone crazy, simple past drove someone crazy, past participle driven someone crazy)

present singular third person drives someone crazy · participle present driving someone crazy · past drove someone crazy · participle past driven someone crazy

  1. idiomaticinformalTo annoy or irritate.

    Jesse Helms, the Republican from North Carolina, drove me crazy at first.

    2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 110

    Synonyms: loco

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, crazy.

    Synonyms: drive someone insane, drive someone mad, drive someone nuts, drive someone up the wall, drive to distraction

  3. idiomaticinformalTo cause to be infatuated.

    Dance for you / Don't it drive you crazy baby?

    1977, Ted Ashford, “Don't It Drive You Crazy”, in Having A Party, performed by Pointer Sisters

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo annoy or irritate.

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loco

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, crazy.

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drive someone insanedrive someone maddrive someone nutsdrive someone up the walldrive to distraction
Also see
becrazedrive someone insanedrive someone maddrive someone nutsdrive to drinktouch

Translations

Ancient Greek ἐκμαίνω
  • ἐκμαίνω (ekmaínō)cause insanity
Catalan embogir
  • embogircause insanity
Esperanto frenezigi
  • frenezigicause insanity
French rendre fou, rendre folle
  • rendre foucause insanity
  • rendre follecause insanity
  • affolercause insanity
German treiben zum Wahnsinn, verrückt machen
  • treiben zum Wahnsinncause insanity
  • verrückt machencause insanity
Hebrew שִׁגֵּעַ
  • שִׁגֵּעַcause insanity
Hungarian az őrületbe kerget
  • az őrületbe kergetannoy
Latin dēmentō
  • dēmentōcause insanity
Polish doprowadzać do szału, doprowadzić do szału
  • doprowadzać do szałuannoy
  • doprowadzić do szałuannoy
  • doprowadzać do szaleństwacause insanity
  • doprowadzić do szaleństwacause insanity
  • rozkochiwaćcause to be infatuated
  • rozkochaćcause to be infatuated
Portuguese enlouquecer, deixar louco
  • enlouquecerannoy
  • deixar loucoannoy
  • enlouquecercause insanity
Spanish rayarse, volver loco
  • rayarseannoy
  • volver locoannoy
  • enloquecerannoy
  • traer de cabezaannoy
  • llevar locoannoy
  • alocarcause insanity
  • enloquecercause insanity
  • rayarsecause insanity
  • enloquecercause to be infatuated
Swedish driva någon till vansinne, driva någon till vansinne
  • driva någon till vansinneannoy
  • driva någon till vansinnecause insanity
Turkish çıldırtmak
  • çıldırtmakcause insanity
Ukrainian зводити з розуму, звести з розуму
  • зводити з розуму (zvodyty z rozumu)cause insanity
  • звести з розуму (zvesty z rozumu)cause insanity
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