crack up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer un éclat de rire ou le fait que quelqu'un fasse rire, ou pour indiquer une dépression nerveuse ou émotionnelle.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Laugh uncontrollablyinformal

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

   éclater de rire

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

   Synonymesbreak up

2. Suffer a mental breakdowninformal

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

   Faire une dépression nerveuse

   • 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.

   Synonymesbreak downfall apartgo to pieceslose itsnap

3. Praise excessivelyinformalbritish

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

   encenser

   • 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.

   Synonymesacclaimeulogizeextolhypelaudoverpraisepuff

   Antonymesbelittlecriticizedenigratedeprecatedisparage

Verbe de basecrack