Synonyms for crack-up
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : krak |
| Phonetic Transcription : kræk |
Top 10 synonyms for crack-up Other synonyms for the word crack-up
- aberration
- abnormality
- absurd
- accident
- affliction
- amusement
- babbling
- bang
- bash
- blast
- blow
- blue ruin
- boom
- breakdown
- breaking
- breakup
- bubbling
- bump
- burbling
- burst
- cachinnation
- cackle
- camp
- campy
- chortle
- chortling
- chuckle
- chuckling
- clap
- clownish
- collapse
- collision
- comic
- comical
- compulsion
- concussion
- crack
- crack-up
- crash
- crow
- crowing
- crunch
- debacle
- defeasance
- derangement
- destruction
- deviation
- dissolution
- ditch
- diverting
- downfall
- failure
- fender bender
- fender tag
- fender-bender
- fiasco
- fit
- fluke
- for grins
- funny
- gagged up
- gelastic
- gesture
- giggle
- giggling
- glee
- guffaw
- guffawing
- har-de-har
- havoc
- hazard
- hilarity
- howling
- humorous
- hysteria
- ill-fortune
- impact
- inhibition
- insanity
- instability
- jar
- jocular
- jolt
- joshing
- laffer
- laugh
- laughable
- laughter
- licking
- ludicrous
- madness
- maladjustment
- mental illness
- merriment
- mess
- mirth
- misadventure
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- neurasthenia
- obsession
- odd
- overthrow
- peal
- percussion
- personality disorder
- phobia
- pile-up
- pileup
- preposterous
- psychological disorder
- psychopathy
- quaint
- queer
- quizzical
- ram
- rear ender
- rear-ender
- rejoicing
- reversal
- ridiculous
- riot
- rippling
- risible
- roar
- roaring
- rout
- ruin
- ruination
- setback
- shattering
- shellacking
- shock
- shout
- shouting
- shriek
- sideswipe
- slam
- smash
- smash-up
- smashup
- snicker
- snigge
- snigger
- snort
- snorting
- sock
- sound
- splashdown
- stack-up
- tehee
- thud
- thump
- titter
- tittering
- total
- trouncing
- vanquishment
- waggish
- wallop
- washout
- welt
- whack
- wham
- whimsical
- wrack-up
- wreck
- wreckage
- yuck
Définition of crack-up
Origin :- Old English cracian "make a sharp noise," from Proto-Germanic *krakojan (cf. Middle Dutch craken, Dutch kraken, German krachen), probably imitative. Related: Cracked; cracking. To crack a smile is from 1840s; to crack the whip in the figurative sense is from 1940s.
- As in gurgling : adj laughing
- As in droll : adj amusing, farcical
- As in laugh/laughter : noun audible expression of amusement
- As in mishap : noun accident
- As in neurosis : noun mental disturbance, disorder
- As in smash : noun collision; defeat
- As in smashup : noun wreck
- As in accident : noun unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious
- As in laughter : noun amusement
- As in heehaw : noun laugh
- As in crash : noun collision, accidental hitting
- As in debacle : noun catastrophe
- Marian could walk out of any crack-up without a bruise, but I couldn't.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- But the way he took off shows he planned to disappear—a crack-up on top of that would be too much of a coincidence.
- Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
- Raf circled twice, eyeing the surface of the roof in search of any break which could mean a crack-up at landing.
- Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
- Some brave soul had hauled me out of that crack-up before the fuel tank went up in the fire.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- Nor was there a trace anywhere in a vast circle—almost a half mile they searched—from the crack-up.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- The puzzle began to go around and around in my head again, all the way back to that gleaming road and the crack-up.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
Antonyms for crack-up
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- adjustment
- attainment
- balance
- blessing
- boon
- boring
- building
- calculation
- certainty
- common
- conformity
- construction
- correction
- creation
- cry
- decision
- decree
- despair
- dramatic
- dull
- gloom
- good fortune
- good luck
- intent
- intention
- loss
- miracle
- necessity
- normal
- normality
- plan
- proof
- provision
- rise
- sad
- sadness
- sameness
- sanity
- serious
- soundness
- standard
- success
- tragic
- traumatic
- triumph
- unamusing
- unfunny
- unhappiness
- usual
- victory
- win
- wonder
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