looniness
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈluːnɪnəs/
- Informal
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locura
- His stories were filled with such looniness that it was hard to tell if he was joking or being serious.
Examples
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Looniness and intelligent reflection, sensible scale, and discipline: but in stuff unusable for school, the terrible pain of the nerves, in sliding from the subject: the awful abrasiveness of failure.
Fiction book (1991) -
What we face, after all, is not populism, looniness, or lowered standards in general; instead, we face a specifically leftist type of populism, looniness, and lowered standards.
Academic text (1991) -
I am a little disappointed that the news media seem to have abandoned the field to this looniness.
Blog text (1) -
Do Bachmann's voters know she goes in for this looniness?
Blog text (29) -
Maybe you, too, should buy some guns or condoms and head for some wide open spaces where you can start a militia or tea party of love or looniness.
Blog text (24) -
God's motive urge to create was not out of a need due to looniness, but out of a desire to create as an artist, and desire is fueled by love.
Blog text (18) -
What we face, after all, is not populism, looniness, or lowered standards in general; instead, we face a specifically leftist type of populism, looniness, and lowered standards.
Academic text (1991) -
Where conservatism is, in fact, a serious governing philosophy, "conservatism has become synonymous in the voters' minds with absolute looniness," Schmidt said, making it difficult "to get to first base" with many voters.
Blog text (34) -
The children's giggles reflected the pure looniness of their wild imagination during the game.
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The comedy show embraced a light-hearted looniness that had everyone in stitches.
Synonyms
112
4.6
A foolish action that shows poor judgment
68
4.2
Very wild or foolish behavior, sometimes caused by problems in the mind
61
2.7
A lack of good sense or careful thought that causes bad choices
29
2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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7.5
Extremely foolish behavior that shows very poor judgment
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7.9
Clown-like, silly actions meant to make people laugh
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3.2
A way of acting that is silly, playful, and often makes people laugh
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6.1
Silly, harmless behavior that makes people laugh
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5.2
A playful, slightly silly way of behaving that makes people laugh
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7.5
A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it
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7.3
A way of behaving that is silly or foolish and not thinking clearly
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9.4
Wild, foolish behavior that causes confusion
A time when someone is very confused and acts a little crazy
Silly, wild actions people do to get attention
Behaving in a silly, playful way like a clown to make people laugh
Silly behavior meant to make people laugh
Very foolish behavior that makes no sense
A state of being foolish and not thinking clearly
The state of being very foolish in a stubborn way
Antonyms
How Crazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Looniness comes from loony, which goes back to the old root luna meaning 'moon', because people once thought the moon could make someone act strange. So, looniness is the state of being 'silly' or 'crazy'.