spoony
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈspuːni/
- Offensive
- She laughed at his spoony declarations, finding them charmingly naive.
Examples
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The old novel describes a spoony young man writing endless love letters.
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In his youth, he was quite spoony about every girl he met.
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He is such a spoony romantic!
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She has a spoony way of talking about love.
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The spoony lover wrote poems every day to express his endless affection.
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She couldn't help but smile at his spoony gestures, always bringing her flowers and writing love notes.
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His friends teased him for being so spoony about their old-fashioned romance.
Synonyms
147
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
82
4.6
Feels too sentimental and silly, like a movie or card
25
7.0
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
16
7.2
To try to seem very sweet and childish in a fake way
13
8.3
Showing tender affection in public or toward someone close
10
8.3
Being very loving and sweet in a way that feels too romantic
8
8.0
Too emotional in a way that seems silly or not sincere
7
3.7
Too emotional in a way that seems not sincere
7
7.0
Showing too much emotion in a way that feels silly
6
8.2
Too sweet or emotional in a way that makes you feel sick
2
5.8
Too emotional and sentimental in a way that seems silly
2
9.4
Showing feelings that are not real and too sweet
2
8.7
Too emotional in a way that feels false or silly
2
7.1
Showing romantic feelings like kissing or cuddling in a very sweet way
1
7.9
Too emotional in a way that feels silly or fake
1
4.9
Too sentimental and not sincere
1
8.6
Too sentimental and weak in feeling, often seeming false
1
9.4
Too cute in a silly or fake way
1
7.6
Too emotional and sweet in a way that feels fake
1
5.4
Overly sentimental and emotional in a way that seems false
1
3.0
Love someone so much that you spoil them
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6.8
Being too emotional in a cheap, false way
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9.9
Being too cute and childish in a sweet, exaggerated way
1
3.7
Having too much sugar in taste or feeling too emotional
1
8.3
Too sweet and emotional so it feels false
Antonyms
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spoony comes from old slang based on spoon, which was once used to mean 'to cuddle' or 'to be affectionate'. So a person described as spoony behaves in a foolishly sentimental or naively romantic way.