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loon·y

or loon·ey also lun·y (lo͞o′nē)Informal

adj. loon·i·er, loon·i·est also lun·i·er or lun·i·est

1. Extremely foolish or silly.

2. Mentally deranged; crazy.

n. pl. loon·ies or loon·eys also lun·ies

A foolish or crazy person.

[Shortening and alteration of lunatic, or from loon.]

loon′i·ly adv.

loon′i·ness n.

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loony

(ˈluːnɪ) ,

looney

luny

adj, loonier, looniest, lunier or luniest

1. lunatic; insane

2. foolish or ridiculous

n, pl loonies, looneys or lunies

a foolish or insane person

ˈlooniness, ˈluniness n

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loon•y

or loon•ey

(ˈlu ni)

adj. -i•er, -i•est, adj.

1. lunatic; insane.

2. extremely or senselessly foolish.

3. a lunatic.

[1860–65; lun (atic) + -y²]

loon′i•ness, n.

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Noun	1.	loony - someone deranged and possibly dangerous crazy, looney, nutcase, weirdo colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech lunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person
Adj.	1.	loony - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

loony

adjective

1. Slang, insane, strange, mental (slang), mad, out there (slang), crazy (informal), nuts (slang), bananas (slang), barking (slang), raving, distracted, eccentric, frantic, frenzied, unstable, crackers (Brit. slang), batty (slang), crazed, lunatic, psychotic, demented, cuckoo (informal), unbalanced, barmy (slang), nutty (slang), deranged, delirious, rabid, bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.), flaky (U.S. slang), unhinged, loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), round the bend (Brit. slang), barking mad (slang), out of your mind, gonzo (slang), screwy (informal), doolally (slang), off your head (slang), off your trolley (slang), round the twist (Brit. slang), up the pole (informal), of unsound mind, as daft as a brush (informal, chiefly Brit.), lost your marbles (informal), not right in the head, non compos mentis (Latin), off your rocker (slang), not the full shilling (informal), off your nut (slang), off your chump (slang), wacko or whacko (informal) She's as loony as her brother!

noun

1. (Slang) mad person, lunatic, nut (slang), psycho (slang), maniac, psychotic, madman, psychopath, nutter (Brit. slang), basket case (slang), nutcase (slang), madwoman, headcase (informal), mental case (slang), headbanger (informal) At first they all though I was a loony.

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loony

or looney
also luny
adjective

1. Informal. So senseless as to be laughable:

absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.

Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loopy.

Slang: balmy, dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.

2. Informal. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

noun

Informal. A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy:

crackpot, crazy, eccentric, lunatic.

Informal: crank, loon.

Slang: cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, kook, nut, screwball, weirdie, weirdo.

Translations

matto pazzo

loony

[ˈluːnɪ]

A. ADJ (loonier (compar) (looniest (superl))) → loco, chiflado

B. N → loco/a m/f

C. CPD loony bin N → manicomio m
the loony left N (Brit) (Pol) (pej) → la izquierda radical

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loony

[ˈluːni]

adj → timbré(e), cinglé(e) m/f

n → timbré(e) m/f, cinglé(e) m/floony bin n → maison f de fousloony left n (British) [Labour Party] the loony left l'aile extrémiste du parti travailliste

loony

(inf)

adj (+er) → bekloppt (inf)

n → Verrückte(r) mf (inf), → Irre(r) mf

loony

loony bin

n (inf) → Klapsmühle f (inf)

loony left (Brit Pol) (pej inf)

n the loony → die radikale Linke

adj attr → linksradikal

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loony

[ˈluːnɪ] adj & n (fam) → pazzo/a, matto/a

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