as in lunatic
one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
his insistence that aliens were monitoring his thoughts forced us to conclude that he was in fact a loony
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as in stupid
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard
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as in psychotic
having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
I probably sound like a loony talking to myself like I do
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Recent Examples of loony
Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Holland treats the idea of a loony murderer’s spirit occupying a doll’s form with an uncommon seriousness.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
Innocent people are dying daily in this loony country.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
His unhinged pattern of loony behavior should scare America.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
One of our region's most famous comics, Michael Hawthorne, built a career from illustrating the loony loudmouth.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Holland treats the idea of a loony murderer’s spirit occupying a doll’s form with an uncommon seriousness.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
Innocent people are dying daily in this loony country.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
His unhinged pattern of loony behavior should scare America.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loony
Adjective
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Friendships built on insecurity, where men constantly have to prove their manhood, are a breeding ground for toxic attitudes and stupid decision-making.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Also, his team told him over the radio, basically, don’t do anything stupid, Nato is going to be penalized for not using all his Attack Mode.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
8 Dec. 2022
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The first introduced the audience to the cast of the film: Sally Hawkins, playing a kindly foster mother who — as Danny introduced her — might be a psychopath, Billy Barratt and Sora Wong as her two new foster kids, and Jonah Wren Phillips as her younger, troubled foster son.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2025
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In separate filings, the defense is also asking the court to limit the use of the words murder, psychopath and sociopath.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2023
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Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.—
Calie Schepp,
EW.com,
6 Feb. 2023
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
Noun
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After a brief fool’s spring, New York City plunged once again into a cold snap.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, building massive scale factories here in the US to replace overseas production would be a fool’s errand.—
Robert C. Wolcott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This strategy worked for him for about 10 years—and then began to bore him silly.—
Art Spiegelman,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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Props to the people who green-lit Angry Birds to give kids a silly movie about infanticide.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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That joke might be fine if everyone in Smash were a maniac.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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And one week after his party homicidal maniacs had started a war that, among a great many other shocking and despicable things, had alienated his daughter from him and from her family and people.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Loony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loony. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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