crack up

• فعل مركب يُستخدم للإشارة إلى الانفجار بالضحك أو إضحاك شخص ما، أو للإشارة إلى الانهيار النفسي أو العاطفي.

A phrasal verb used to indicate bursting into laughter or causing someone to laugh, or to suffer a mental or emotional breakdown.

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1. Laugh uncontrollablyinformal

   To suddenly start laughing very hard, often in a situation where it is inappropriate.

   الانفجار بالضحك

   • His joke made everyone crack up.
   • She cracked up during the serious meeting.
   • The comedian's performance caused the audience to crack up.

   المرادفاتbreak up

2. Suffer a mental breakdowninformal

   To become emotionally or mentally unstable due to stress or pressure.

   انهيار عصبي

   • He cracked up under the pressure of his job.
   • After months of overwork, she finally cracked up.
   • The constant criticism caused him to crack up.

   المرادفاتbreak downfall apartgo to pieceslose itsnap

3. Praise excessivelyinformalbritish

   To speak very highly of someone or something, often in an exaggerated way.

   الإفراط في المدح

   • The critics cracked up the new movie as a masterpiece.
   • She cracked up her friend's cooking as the best she ever had.
   • He cracked up the new employee's skills to the manager.

   المرادفاتacclaimeulogizeextolhypelaudoverpraisepuff

   الأضدادbelittlecriticizedenigratedeprecatedisparage

الفعل الأساسيcrack