variants or cockamamie

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockamamy
Adjective
  • Trump filed a bogus lawsuit against the company that pivoted on the ridiculous claim that YouTube was a secret agent of the Biden administration.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For those who tire of driving something ridiculous-looking on paved roads, good news!
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Duncan is a little bit higher and a little bit more innocent, Tristan’s always being a little bit silly, and then Preston’s pretty much [lowers voice] down here.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly two months after losing River, Smith belly-laughed for the first time while watching her two children be silly outside in the rain.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And Craig Waterman, the marketing executive from the 2024 film Friendship, took Robinson into new territory with a darker and more pathetic take on the same neurotic type.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In his brightest moments, Mike is boyishly gentle, a little wacky, and modestly proud — all in ways that Dillane manages to make feel both pathetic and delightful.
    Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This would be an absurd show of force, and totally uncalled for during a government shutdown when members of the military cannot even get a paycheck.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Knightley and Pearce coast and their characters never come alive and resort to doing silly things at this misfire’s absurd, regrettable finale.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But, God, to be able to play a Pablo Escobar who was just petty and wanted friends, there was something so stupid and so hilarious about that to me.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Keaton continued to play oddballs with a peculiar way of talking, though none were trivial or stupid.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Misiorowski had made Edman look foolish in their first matchup, getting the infielder to swing through a wicked curveball.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Orús and Lizaso believe that the AI arms race is foolish.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Cockamamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockamamy. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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