variants
or less commonly looney
loonier; looniest
looniness
noun
loony
noun
plural loonies
Examples of loony in a Sentence
Every family includes someone who's a little loony.
that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard
Recent Examples on the Web
The Army secretary, acting on the guidance of a loony Trump acolyte, revoked the teaching appointment of — anyone will tell you — one of America’s most skilled nonpartisan cyberwarriors, herself a graduate of West Point.
—
Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Love Songs holds the hallmarks of an era of heterodox rap-hook writers, deep YouTube exploration, and DIY mash-ups and blends, but the loonier flips restore the ’89 feeling of wondering whether an exciting piece of collagework will one day be sued out of existence.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
One of our region's most famous comics, Michael Hawthorne, built a career from illustrating the loony loudmouth.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
As an impressionist, Carvey's style was more, well, impressionist — his gabbling, discursive George H.W. Bush spinning out further and further while remaining resolutely tethered to some measure of loony reality (taking a similar approach for his recent recurring stint as President Joe Biden).
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for loony
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Love Songs holds the hallmarks of an era of heterodox rap-hook writers, deep YouTube exploration, and DIY mash-ups and blends, but the loonier flips restore the ’89 feeling of wondering whether an exciting piece of collagework will one day be sued out of existence.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
One of our region's most famous comics, Michael Hawthorne, built a career from illustrating the loony loudmouth.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
As an impressionist, Carvey's style was more, well, impressionist — his gabbling, discursive George H.W. Bush spinning out further and further while remaining resolutely tethered to some measure of loony reality (taking a similar approach for his recent recurring stint as President Joe Biden).
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for loony
Cite this Entry
“Loony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loony. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
loony
adjective
loo·ny
variants
also looney
loonier; looniest
: very foolish or eccentric
looniness
noun
loony
noun
Etymology
an altered form of lunatic (adjective)
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share