drive someone crazy
Push past sanity
To drive someone crazy is to cause them intense frustration, annoyance, or obsessive preoccupation.
The phrase covers a spectrum from mild irritation That dripping faucet is driving me crazy to passionate infatuation She's been driving him crazy since they met.
Context determines whether the craziness is maddening or intoxicating.
Cause mild anger
- aggravateMake more severe
- exasperateAnnoy to frustration
- vexTo irritate persistently
- provokeIncite a response
pester · bother · nag · needle · irk · gall · grate · badger
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- captivationState of being fascinated
- enthrallmentState of being captivated
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
besotted · smitten · enamored · lovesick · head over heels · moonstruck · lovestruck · crush
Intolerance of delay
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- restlessnessState of unease
- discontentUnhappiness with circumstances
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
exasperation · disquiet · disturbance · helplessness · powerlessness · stymie · thwart · stonewall
Mentally disturbed, irrational
- dementedSeverely mentally disturbed
- unbalancedLacking equilibrium or stability
- unstableProne to sudden change
- snappingBreaking with sharp sound
losing grip · breaking point · mental breakdown · going mad · cracking up · coming undone · hysteria · manic
irritate
Cause mild anger
- aggravateMake more severe
- exasperateAnnoy to frustration
- vexTo irritate persistently
provoke · pester · bother · nag · needle · irk · gall · grate · badger · harass
obsession
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- captivationState of being fascinated
- enthrallmentState of being captivated
fascination · besotted · smitten · enamored · lovesick · head over heels · moonstruck · lovestruck · crush · ardor
impatience
Intolerance of delay
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- restlessnessState of unease
- discontentUnhappiness with circumstances
vexation · exasperation · disquiet · disturbance · helplessness · powerlessness · stymie · thwart · stonewall · dead end
deranged
Mentally disturbed, irrational
- dementedSeverely mentally disturbed
- unbalancedLacking equilibrium or stability
- unstableProne to sudden change
losing grip · snapping · breaking point · mental breakdown · going mad · cracking up · coming undone · hysteria · manic · frenzied
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads