loony tunes

adjective

variants or looney tunes

: loony

Synonyms

• balmy
• 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
• insane
• kooky
• kookie
• loco [slang]
• loony
• looney
• lunatic
• mad
• maniacal
• maniac
• mental
• meshuga
• meshugge
• meshugah
• meshuggah
• moonstruck
• non compos mentis
• nuts
• nutty
• psycho
• psychotic
• scatty [chiefly British]
• screwy
• unbalanced
• unhinged
• unsound
• wacko
• whacko
• wacky
• whacky
• wud [chiefly Scottish]

Example Sentences

anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes

Recent Examples on the Web

Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes. —Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020

Some of the Eckhardt's best moments, the ones that made his loony tunes character relatable, were Hauser ad libs. —Dante A. Ciampaglia, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above