LOONY (loonier, looniest)

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Irregular inflected forms: loonier    , looniest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does loony mean? 

• LOONY (noun)
  The noun LOONY has 1 sense:

1. someone deranged and possibly dangerous

  Familiarity information: LOONY used as a noun is very rare.

• LOONY (adjective)
  The adjective LOONY has 1 sense:

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

  Familiarity information: LOONY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOONY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crazy; looney; loony; nutcase; weirdo

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)

• LOONY (adjective)

Comparative: loonier   
Superlative: looniest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

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

Context example:

it used to drive my husband balmy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

Derivation:

loon (a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought)