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10 Language-to-English DictionariesStir-crazy
/ˌstɜːr ˈkreɪ.zi/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Extremely nervous, anxious, or restless from long confinement or being stuck indoors for too long.
"After being snowed in for four days straight, the children started getting stir-crazy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, combining the prison slang noun 'stir' (meaning prison, derived from the Romani word 'stur') and 'crazy'. Originally describing inmates suffering from mental deterioration due to long-term confinement, the term's usage expanded to describe anyone experiencing extreme restlessness or anxiety from being restricted indoors or isolated.
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claustrophobe
Transliteration: klo.stro.fob
"Resté enfermé trop longtemps, il est devenu claustrophobe."
kollerig
Transliteration: ˈkɔlɐɪç
"Nach wochenlangem Lockdown wurden viele Menschen kollerig."
insofferenza da reclusione
Transliteration: in.sof.feˈran.tsa da re.kluˈzjo.ne
"La quarantena prolungata causava un senso di insofferenza da reclusione."
clavado en casa
Transliteration: klaˈβa.ðo en ˈka.sa
"Estudiar tanto tiempo encerrado me está volviendo loco."
com tédio de confinamento
Transliteration: kõ ˈtɛ.dju dʒi kõ.fi.naˈmẽ.tu
"Ficar em casa o dia todo deixa qualquer um entediado."
कैद से परेशान
Transliteration: kaid se pareshan
"लंबे समय तक घर में बंद रहने से वह बेचैन हो गया।"
呆得发疯的
Transliteration: dāi de fā fēng de
"长时间呆在家里让孩子们快要发疯了。"
답답해서 미칠 것 같은
Transliteration: dapdaphaeseo michil geot gateun
"며칠 동안 집에만 갇혀 있었더니 답답해 미칠 지경이다."
閉じ込められて気が変になりそうな
Transliteration: tojikomerarete ki ga hen ni narisou na
"ずっと家に閉じこもっていたので、気が変になりそうだった。"
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