crackpot
40
8.2
- noun
- /ˈkrækˌpɑt/
- Offensive
:
chiflado
- Or you could just let him be a crackpot the rest of his life.
And so journalists have talked to him before and he's always this sort of the crackpot Nessie hunter.
- And so journalists have talked to him before and he's always this sort of the crackpot Nessie hunter.
- But when it's like you're an idiot or, you know, like, you know, you're a crackpot, you know, like then it's, it hurts.
- Yet black scholars who proposed to study the biological reasons for white people's propensity to violence are considered crackpots.
- So one the, the, the crackpot racist uncle and one the sweet grandma.
Examples
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Scientists and science educators have tended to ignore conspiracy theories, dismissing believers as crackpots.
Academic text (1995) -
He'd met his fair share of crackpots over the years.
Fiction book (1995) -
I think this is a crackpot idea.
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I will not pay to have a crackpot old fool teach him magic tricks.
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I'm not gonna go along with this crackpot scheme, especially since Gary thought it up.
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The upper brass were trying to make Sam out to be a crackpot.
Fiction book (1995) -
So how could he back down now, just because he feared being labeled a crackpot?
Fiction book (1995) -
Seems she's a bit of a crackpot.
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He's no minister, he's a crackpot.
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Many people dismissed his suggestions as those of a crackpot rather than taking them seriously.
Synonyms
309
7.5
A person who behaves in a silly or strange way
119
7.0
A person who acts in a strange or unusual way
49
9.8
A person who behaves in a strange or wild way
35
8.8
A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way
29
7.7
A person who is often angry and has strange ideas
24
8.4
A person who behaves in an odd or funny way
21
7.2
A person who acts in a strange way
7
8.5
Something, like a person or an idea, that is very strange
5
8.5
A person who acts silly or strange to make others laugh
5
8.3
A person who behaves in a strange, silly way
4
8.6
A person who acts in a silly or strange way
4
9.9
A person who behaves very strangely
4
9.9
A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way
1
7.0
A person who behaves in an unusual way that others find odd
1
6.0
A person with unusual habits or behavior
1
7.9
A person who does risky things without thinking
1
9.1
An insulting word for a person who acts very silly or strange
1
8.8
A person who acts in a way that seems crazy
A person with very foolish or wild ideas
A person who behaves in a very strange and unreasonable way that worries others
A person who behaves in a wild or strange way
A person who often does things that surprise other people
How Eccentric
- Slur
153
9.8
- Offensive
40
8.2
1
7.0
- Informal
8
6.1
2
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crackpot comes from the image of a crack ('a break') in a pot ('a container'), like a pot that is not whole. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'cracked' as 'crazy', so a crackpot is someone with odd or wild ideas.