fey

adjective

Definition of feynext
as in demented

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Recent Examples of fey The film casts Courtenay as Norman, the devoted, slightly fey dresser to a declining Shakespearean actor (Finney) touring England during the Blitz. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026 And the spacious rooms are fit for a man’s man like Duke Wayne, not a fey faux-cowboy like Kevin Costner – just sayin’! — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Michael Urie plays Prince Dauntless as a slightly dim, slightly fey, entirely winning sweetie. — Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024 Sharp cheekbones, Pan-like movements that were more fey than androgynous. — Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023 Back at work, she is eyed by her co-workers, the wonderfully fey Shane (Griffin Matthews) and the middle-aged worrier Megan (the terrific Rosie Perez). — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020 His business rivals include the louche Chinese gangster Dry Eye (Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding) and a drab little ferret of a man called Matthew (Succession star Jeremy Strong, who delivers every line in a sort of strange, fey deadpan). — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fey
  1. demented
  2. loopy
  3. psychotic
  4. eccentric
  5. maniacal
  6. deranged
  7. dotty
  8. unbalanced
Adjective
  • Sánchez’s entry features industrious zombies hot on the tails of some cyclists, while Evans’ installment (the best here) deals with a demented doomsday cult.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Moments later, Haaland suddenly made one of his almost demented charges, at Senegal’s goalkeeper.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of demented
Adjective
  • Returning cast members include leads Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sisters and fellow practitioners of magic, as well as Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest as their loopy aunts.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • This left open the question of whether more complex, loopy geometries would behave differently, while also leaving competing historical theories yet to be disproved.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of loopy
Adjective
  • The evaluator concluded the elder Henrichsen likely merited a diagnosis of schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • In a recent eight-week stretch, 6% of my postpartum patients met criteria for a psychotic disorder—almost six times higher than rates published in the medical literature.
    — Uruj Kamal Haider, Time, 21 July 2026
Definition of psychotic
Adjective
  • Cook built the arch two decades ago, when resurrecting classical architecture in America was an eccentric idea.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • His search for answers leads him to an eccentric and whimsical old man nicknamed The Chicken Man (Johnson), and his beloved companion, a 111-year-old chicken named Claudia — two kindred spirits who found each other at just the right time.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 July 2026
Definition of eccentric
Adjective
  • The odd thing about this choice is that, although the DSA’s platform is indeed chock-full of maniacal proposals, on this particular idea, the maniacs have a point.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • Erling Haaland, Norway’s large, maniacal striker, has several exceedingly Norwegian traits.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of maniacal
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  • Doing it against a team hellbent on drawing blood takes something downright deranged.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Naturally, googling Messi and Roccuzzo yields some truly deranged headlines, such as one from the Daily Mail that suggests the couple’s 2023 trip to a Publix supermarket was (gasp) staged.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 June 2026
Definition of deranged
Adjective
  • 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
Definition of dotty
Adjective
  • There were fires to put out; an unbalanced squad, unsettled players, grumpy fans, some truly dispiriting defeats.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • An unbalanced, unregulated leader becomes a liability to themselves and their organization.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of unbalanced

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