nuttiness
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈnʌtɪnəs/
- Informal
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locura
- His nuttiness often brought a smile to our faces during serious meetings.
Examples
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The comedian's act was a delightful mix of nuttiness and clever observations.
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My passion for the teaching profession was undiminished, but my patience for all the nuttiness I encountered outside the classroom door had reached its limit.
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I mean, nuttiness is my natural state.
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I was raised with religion, and I tried to make sense of that nuttiness for years.
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After a year of dealing with their nuttiness and drama, I was glad to be done with them.
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I still think we have it better, with no religious nuttiness intruding into politics.
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There is cleverness along with nuttiness.
Academic text (1998) -
He had to shake his head at his own nuttiness.
Fiction book (2001) -
- Oh, I'm detecting nuttiness.
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While light on solid plotting and true scares, John Dies at the End has the free-wheeling humor and nuttiness that makes the book such a fun distraction.
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Synonyms
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4.2
Very wild or foolish behavior, sometimes caused by problems in the mind
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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5.3
A funny, strange way of acting that surprises and makes people laugh
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7.1
A quality of being strange and playful that makes people smile
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6.9
A state of being very strange or unusual that surprises people
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7.5
A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it
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7.1
Funny, silly, unpredictable behaviour or ideas that make people laugh
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6.8
A very silly or crazy way of behaving that makes people laugh
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8.0
A strange way of behaving that is often funny or surprising
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4.9
Funny jokes or actions that are unusual and a little strange
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9.4
Wild, foolish behavior that causes confusion
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6.1
A quality of being strange or unexpected, like odd weather
Behaving in a silly, playful way like a clown to make people laugh
Silly, wild actions people do to get attention
Being amusing in a slightly odd and unexpected way
A playful, imaginative way of acting or creating that seems unusual and unpredictable
A way of being funny that is strange and silly
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nuttiness can also come from the familiar word nutty, which people use for someone 'a little crazy' or odd, and the ending -ness turns that into a quality. So, nuttiness is the 'quality of being silly or strange'.