cracked
adjective
uk/krækt/us/krækt/crackedadjective(DAMAGED)
If something is cracked, it isdamagedwith one or morethinlinesonitssurface:
破裂的；有裂缝的a crackedmirror/window有裂纹的镜子／窗户
crackedplates破裂的盘子
- There was a crackedmirroron thetable.
- Thewallwasbadlycracked.
- X-raysshowedhe had a crackedvertebra.
- Hesmiled,showinga crackedtooth.
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- catch
- crack
- fall apart
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
crackedadjective(MENTAL HEALTH)
informaloffensive
anoffensiveword todescribesomeone who has amentalhealthcondition, or who does notbehavein areasonableway :
Theneighboursthoughthe was cracked.
informal
sillyorstupid:
In myopinion, that's atotallycrackedidea.
- Let usdropthenonsenseabout Joan of Arc being cracked, andaccepther as at least assaneas Florence Nightingale.
- Some of William Blake'spoetryiscompletelycracked.
- "You 're cracked," she says. If only I was they couldlockme upsomewherequietand takecareof me.
- She's atrueoriginal, a cracked fabulist.
- Maybe this is his crackedideaof ajoke.
Stupid and silly
- absurd
- absurdity
- absurdly
- adolescent
- againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
- dizzily
- dopey
- dorky
- dottiness
- dotty
- imbecility
- impolitic
- imprudent
- inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
- insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
- uncritical
- uncritically
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unreasonably
Idiom
be cracked up to besomething