balmy

balmy

adjective \ˈbä-mē, ˈbäl-mē\

balm·i·er balm·i·est

Definition of BALMY

1

a : having the qualities of balm : soothing

b : mild 3 <balmy weather>

2

: crazy, foolish

— balm·i·ly \-mə-lē\ adverb

— balm·i·ness \-mē-nəs\ noun

Examples of BALMY

1. <a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back>
2. <a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore>

First Known Use of BALMY

15th century

Related to BALMY

Synonyms

insane, barmy [chiefly British], bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]

Antonyms

balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy

Related Words

dotty, fey, loopy, off, potty [chiefly British], teched (or tetched), touched; aberrant, delirious, delusional, delusionary, disordered, disturbed, neurotic, obsessive-compulsive, paranoiac (also paranoic), paranoid (also paranoidal), schizoid, schizophrenic, sociopathic; eccentric, odd, oddball, pixilated (also pixillated), queer, strange; foolish, senseless, witless; irrational, unreasonable; amok (or amuck), ape, ballistic, bananas, berserk, nuclear; depressed; distracted, distraught, frantic, frenzied, haywire, hysterical (also hysteric), raving, wigged-out; fixated, monomaniac, monomaniacal, obsessed

Near Antonyms

clear, lucid, rational, reasonable; judicious, sensible, wise; healthy, normal, well-adjusted; unneurotic

Rhymes with BALMY

commie, mommy, palmy, qualmy, swami, Tommy