Meanings
comparative more cray-cray · superlative most cray-cray · alternative cra-cra · alternative cray cray
- slangCrazy.
“Are you high?” asked Dove suspiciously. She squinted at Patsy. “Because that's cray-cray.”
2013, Michele Bardsley, Only Lycans Need Apply, Signet Eclipse, published 2013, →ISBN2 more examples
“Lewis again. The boy cannot get over our breakup. He's like this little puppy dog that follows me around, and it's just driving me cray-cray.”
2011, Jessica Verday, The Hidden, Simon Pulse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 90"What fascinates me about Loki is that there is a glimmer of redemption in him somewhere, that he's not cray-cray (crazy). […]
2012 April 27, “Hiddleston: There's hope for Loki”, in Belfast TelegraphSynonyms: insane
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCrazy.
Origin
From crazy by shortening and reduplication.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan boig
- boigcrazy
French dérangé
- dérangécrazy
Italian pazzo
- pazzocrazy
Latin dēlīrus, īnsānus
- dēlīruscrazy
- īnsānuscrazy
Portuguese doido
- doidocrazy
Spanish zumbado
- zumbadocrazy
Cite this entry
cray-cray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cray-cray
“cray-cray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cray-cray. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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