lunatic
153
9.8
- noun
- /ˈluːnətɪk/
- Slur
:
lunático (ofensivo, anticuado)
- - What if there is a lunatic on campus?
This is what these lunatic leftists have wrought.
- This is what these lunatic leftists have wrought.
- He's he's just a total lunatic anti hero or villain.
- Otherwise we wouldn't call him a lunatic and ourselves sane.
- And my mom was a left wing lunatic, like, like almost a Marxist.
- That's one guy, some old lunatic who may well be a fascist himself.
- You've got the far right French lunatic, neo Nazi, white supremacist.
- Little did I know this guy is the biggest lunatic on the planet.
- When you go outside, you meet lunatics and crazy people, Mad Men.
- I didn't have to deal with some lunatic.
- I see them all piling on and supporting this crazy lunatic.
- Some of my favorite poetry is, you know, the ravings of a lunatic.
- And I think there's still an effort to paint me as a lunatic.
Examples
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And trust me, you don't want to go anywhere near that lunatic.
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"Are you a lunatic, a lover, or a poet?" "Lunatic," said Molly.
Fiction book (1991) -
Little did I know this guy is the biggest lunatic on the planet.
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"It's a real kick living with a lunatic," he said.
Fiction book (1991) -
The man is a lunatic!
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I guess you could say that... my grandfather was the lunatic that used to run this place.
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Would a pair of lunatics draw up a contract like this?
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It's sheer nonsense that some raving lunatic should be allowed to go on like that.
Fiction book (1992) -
Gentlemen, today, my ex-husband, who is a lunatic, is being paroled.
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Everyone in the town believed the man was a lunatic because of his bizarre behavior.
Synonyms
167
8.4
Not in touch with reality and may see or hear things that are not there
149
8.1
A person who behaves wildly and dangerously and may hurt others
95
6.4
A man who acts very strangely or dangerously and may be mentally ill
52
8.6
A person who behaves very strangely and may be dangerous
40
8.2
A person who has strange or unrealistic ideas
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
4
8.6
A person who acts in a silly or strange way
2
9.1
A person who acts in a very angry, dangerous, or unpredictable way
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 who behaves in a very strange and unreasonable way that worries others
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
4
8.8
People with very extreme political or social views who are outside the main group
How Mentally Stable
- Offensive
21
7.2
1
7.0
- Slur
153
9.8
- Offensive
149
8.1
271
8.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lunatic comes from the Latin word luna 'moon'. People once believed the moon could make someone 'mad', so calling a person a lunatic used to mean an insane person; today that use is dated and can be offensive.