fey

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Recent Examples of fey Michael Urie plays Prince Dauntless as a slightly dim, slightly fey, entirely winning sweetie. Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024 Not that there was anything fey or fanciful about Austen’s fashion sense: Davidson stresses that Austen’s wardrobe was a hardworking affair. Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2023 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 But on the biographical front, the popular image of Dickinson as a fragile, fey, romantically disappointed recluse has been harder to shake. Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019 And then there’s Brooks Ashmanskas as Ronnie Wilde: Martin’s fake boyfriend and instructor in all things fey. Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 July 2018 To some readers, Ms Moshfegh’s premise may seem fey and slight. The Economist, 12 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fey
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • But such hopes for a prosperous future were dashed by the Macías Nguema regime; the deplorable attitudes of Spain during colonial rule had a psychological impact on Macías, one that helps to explain his demented behavior once in power.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Bale, of course, stars as the demented serial-killing New York City investment banker in the 2000 film adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis’ controversial 1991 best-selling novel American Psycho.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Here, a young fisherman washes up on a mysterious island, only to be captured by a deranged captain who is hunted by a dark hungry beast.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Monday’s murder of six people, including three 9-year-olds, by a deranged attacker at a Christian primary school in Nashville is another sign of mental illness unleashed.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • In constructing this loopy hangout session, Mulaney is taking the standard talk-show format and languidly injecting it with some disorder.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
  • But he’s actually got an entertainingly loopy idea: to goad President Ross, his former captor, into a military face-off with Japan over the ownership of a cache of adamantium.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • That the ruling powers would be capable of such callousness is no surprise; their abject cruelty is as much a part of the Star Wars fabric as orphan heroes or neurotic droids or the Force.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Schulz portrayed his Peanuts gang as small adults; Feiffer’s adults are all neurotic overgrown children.
    Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Even the songs that go viral on TikTok—a platform that already demands a kind of maniacal concision—often have their tempos increased in order to arrive at the hook sooner.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Natalia Grace isn’t some maniacal scammer hellbent on tearing a family apart; Natalia is a child, desperate to be part of a family after a lifetime of longing to be loved.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Each episode is a mini movie, existing in its own world with a unique tone and vibe, featuring an eccentric lot of characters played by a truly gonzo parade of guest stars.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The participants, most of whom were women, underwent a two-week control period before completing four weeks of an eccentric exercise routine.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • At one party, the camera catches Elizabeth’s slightly daffy mother (Brenda Blethyn) somewhat tipsily walking through the crowd while eating a bowl of dessert.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In his first film, Kilmer starred as rockabilly teen idol Nick Rivers in the daffy spy spoof Top Secret!
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Fey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fey. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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