Meaning of stir-crazy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a prisoner, mentally unbalanced due to prolonged incarceration.
   slang
2. Restless, uncomfortable, or impatient due to inactivity or confinement.
   broadly, slang

Examples

“After so many days of rain, the kids started to get a bit stir-crazy.”

“And many, at the same time, are anxious and bored and underemployed and overemployed and stir-crazy and uncertain and lonely and terrified.”

CEFR level