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loon·y

or loon·ey also lun·y (lo͞o′nē)Informal
adj. loon·i·er, loon·i·est also lun·i·er or lun·i·est
1. Extremely foolish or silly.
2. Mentally deranged; crazy.
n. pl. loon·ies or loon·eys also lun·ies
A foolish or crazy person.
[Shortening and alteration of lunatic, or from loon.]
loon′i·ly adv.
loon′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.looney - someone deranged and possibly dangerouslooney - someone deranged and possibly dangerous
crazy, nutcase, weirdo
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
lunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person
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loony

or looney
also luny
adjective
1. Informal. So senseless as to be laughable:
absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.
Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loopy.
Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.
2. Informal. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:
brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.
Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga.
Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.
Chiefly British: crackers.
Law: non compos mentis.
Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.
noun
Informal. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:
crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.
Informal: crank, loon.
Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo.
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