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LOONY
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Irregular inflected forms: loonier , looniest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Synonyms:
crazy; looney; loony; nutcase; weirdo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loony" is a kind of...):
lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Example:
it used to drive my husband balmy
Synonyms:
around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky
Classified under:
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Derivation:
loon (a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought)
