fey

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Recent Examples of fey One of the actors, Mihir Kumar, leads the charge in a monologue that the program notes is drawn from his own life comparing that photo of George to a similarly fey one of himself as a child (both are projected onto a screen at the center of the stage). Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 June 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fey
Adjective
  • The pop culture universe became significantly less demented on Friday when Barret Hansen, aka Dr. Demento, announced his retirement after 55 years of playing novelty songs on the airwaves.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
  • Like an orchestra led by some demented conductor, the clocks begin announcing themselves around 2 in the afternoon.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • The aliens of the original games and all the loopy sci-fi adventures that heavily informed Halo and Destiny have been replaced.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 9 June 2025
  • Through three Finals games, seven Pacers are averaging double-figure scoring, which is both totally loopy and the platonic ideal of this unrelenting group.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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
  • There’s a story about how the father and mother grow closer together through this eccentric child.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty/Canva Carroll writes with the same playful cadence and eccentric flair that defines her voice, which is undeniably that of a decades-long Elle columnist.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • College campuses, after all, cannot and should not be anarchic free speech zones where any maniacal provocateur like Milo Yiannopoulos can come and deliver an outrageous address designed to do nothing other than generate controversy without any pushback.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
  • The twists hit quickly, and you’re left satisfied, an amuse-bouche of life among maniacal rich people.
    William Earl, Variety, 9 June 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • All of a sudden, everyone’s reality is completely unbalanced — nobody knows what to make of it!
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
  • Coral reefs suffered, fish populations became unbalanced, and the ocean’s health declined.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

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

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