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loony

/ˈluːni/

loony adjective: insane.

Adjective

loony (comparative loonier, superlative looniest)

  1. (derogatory, informal, offensive) Insane.
    • loony scheme
    • completely loony
  2. (derogatory, informal, offensive) Very silly, absurd.

Noun

loony (plural loonies)

  1. (derogatory, informal, offensive) An insane or very foolish person.
    • Why, there’s hundreds of lunies of the sort to be met in London.1913, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger

loony meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

loony in Tamil

கிறுக்கன், பித்தன்

loony in Urdu

پاگل, سنکی

loony in Kannada

ಹುಚ್ಚಾದ, ತಲೆಕೆಟ್ಟ, ತಿಕ್ಕಲಾದ

Examples of loony in a sentence

  • They dismissed his loony ideas.
  • The movie is full of loony characters.
  • CNN’s Christiane Amanpour took the press corps’ Trumpphobia a loony step further last week, saying the former real estate mogul represents an “existential threat” to the media.2016 November 28, Steve Tobak, “The Media Is Overcome With Trumpphobia”, in Fox Business, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 08...

Forms of loony

Adjective
comparativeloonier
superlativelooniest
alternative formloonie
alternative formluny
alternative formlooney
Noun
pluralloonies

Origin of loony

Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y.

Words formed from loony

Phrases with loony

Words that rhyme with loony

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Questions about loony

What does loony mean?
Loony means insane.
What is loony in Tamil?
Loony in Tamil is கிறுக்கன், பித்தன். See Loony meaning in Tamil.
How do you use loony in a sentence?
They dismissed his loony ideas.
What part of speech is loony?
Loony can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce loony?
Loony is pronounced /ˈluːni/.

Words near loony in the dictionary

  1. Loonix
  2. Loonixtard
  3. Loonixtards
  4. loons
  5. loonsome
  6. loony
  7. loony bin
  8. loony bins
  9. loony dooker
  10. loony dookers
  11. loony left

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: loony (page history and authors); loony (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loony (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loony (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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