spoony

spoony

adj \ˈspü-nē\

spoon·i·erspoon·i·est

Definition of SPOONY

1

: silly, foolish; especially : unduly sentimental

2

: being sentimentally in love

Variants of SPOONY

spoony or spoon·ey \ˈspü-nē\

Examples of SPOONY

1. <the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home>

Origin of SPOONY

English slang spoon simpleton

First Known Use: circa 1812

Related to SPOONY

Synonyms: chocolate-box, cloying, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, corny (or spooney), sticky, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Antonyms: unsentimental

Related Words: dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed; feel-good, fuzzy; melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy; flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery; cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms: unadulterated, unvarnished; antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

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Rhymes with SPOONY

gooney, loonie, loony, Moonie, moony, muni, puisne, puny, swoony, Zuni