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loony
adjective loo·ny \ˈlü-nē\
: crazy or foolish
loo·ni·erloo·ni·est
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Variants of LOONY
loo·ny also loo·ney \ˈlü-nē\
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Origin of LOONY
by shortening & alteration from lunatic
First Known Use: 1872
Related to LOONY
- Synonyms
- absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, bubbleheaded, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, fatuous, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, half-witted, inept, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), foolish (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
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