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fey

adjective

Definition of fey

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

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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

The protest was anchored in its own alternative digital public sphere, primarily on Instagram, the loopy mimeticcauldron that served as both the lingua franca and the primary driver of the protests.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of loopy

Adjective

In the book’s arc, this lands as a chilling dismissal, and a reminder of the magnitude of Bret’s increasingly psychotic concern over Robert Mallory and the Trawler, and his detachment from his own life.

— Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
In people with personal or family history of psychotic disorders, taking psilocybin may increase the risk of psychosis.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychotic

Adjective

Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
His exploration into this magical world leads him to an eccentric old man called the Chicken Man (Johnson), and his elderly chicken companion Claudia.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of eccentric

Adjective

Especially after a clunker of a season in 2025, superstar receiver Justin Jefferson won’t settle for anything other than maniacal attention to detail on and off the field.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026
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

Definition of maniacal

Adjective

The fact that its deranged obsession was with test answers, not paper clips, does not make the hack less alarming.

— Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
The Strokes’ new album, Reality Awaits, is kind of like the darker, more deranged sibling of their Grammy-winning 2020 output, The New Abnormal.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 July 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

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