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Recent Examples of dotty At that point, says Tana, the project was a road movie set in Italy, inspired by Silverman’s own friendship with Charleson when the actor was making Dario Argento’s dotty 1987 horror pic Opera. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Kate had a dotty year in 2022, wearing dresses with the pattern to Royal Ascot and two separate Wimbledon outings, according to WWD. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 June 2026 But Hall and Faris, now playing the dotty mothers of the next generation of victims, are hilarious, romping about like their Brenda and Cindy have clearly been knocked on the head too often. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026 People wanted to wear clothes at the cutting edge, which gave dotty fabrics woven by machine a natural fanbase among the society ladies who could afford them. — Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025 Jones, Redgrave, and an unrecognizable Margot Kidder as their dotty landlady bravely expose their vulnerability. — Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025 This set by Studio Bloom takes two breakout shades of the year — butter yellow and mocha mousse — and elevates them for the season ahead with a dotty design. — Mica Ricketts, Refinery29, 9 May 2025 Now, one of the largest celebrations of Kusama’s dotty world will debut at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). — Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024 Joanne and Morgan’s dotty mother, Lynn (Stephanie Faracy), dabbles in the metaphysical to constant mockery; their gay father, Henry (Michael Hitchcock), is rarely able to enjoy his own happiness. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dotty
Adjective
  • What became apparent to us was that the game was like a sponge for silly ideas.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
  • This week was packed with pre-midterm drama, of which only the silliest is in the quiz.
    — Holly J. Morris, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • As stupid and trad as the wife-in-the-kitchen expectation is, that’s just a surface issue.
    — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Billionaires presumably didn't become billionaires by being stupid, and only the supremely stupid could fail to see what's coming in California.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Serene predictions are a mug’s game, foolish in the extreme, whether they are based on polls or magical thinking.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Kilplased, the foolish yet industrious folk, are making a film about themselves!
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • In our era of No Kings rallies, the contemporary political relevance of a mad ruler demanding public displays of fealty is so obvious that Prikryl doesn’t need to press the point very hard.
    — Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Heather may or may not be mad that Tamra took selfies with Jenn and not with her.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Hats off to The Daily Show for name-dropping a specific insane cheesecake varietal.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But looking for some sort of explanation or path for your favorite team to follow is insane.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • At the start of this election cycle, the notion that Democrats would seriously compete in such deep-red bastions as Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas would have seemed absurd.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For the second of two F--- Cancer gigs, Reynoso has racked up a gloriously absurd 13 local bands on one madcap, rapid-fire club bill, where each will swarm the stage rig to plug in and play 10-minute sets before giving way to the next act.
    — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • These songs are full of vivid details, odd turns of phrase, and crazy schemes.
    — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Call that illogical or crazy, but don’t call it preposterous, monstrous, wackadoo, or loony tunes.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Taken together, the rules that made up the Way offered a code of conduct for daring greatly, assessing yourself honestly and avoiding idiotic risk.
    — Daniel Duane, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • With just six 30-minute episodes per season (by design), some of these idiotic run-on stories inevitably hit the cutting room floor.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Dotty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotty. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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