KOOKINESS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

kookiness

noun

as in idiocy

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Recent Examples of kookiness The beloved British artist David Hockney, who died last week at the age of 88, is celebrated for his vibrant paintings, his innovative techniques, and his joyful kookiness. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026 Often, though, the band drops the hauteur to reveal a surprising kind of kookiness. — Jesse Dorris, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026 The friendship between these two witches is the core of this whole story, and the way that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform it is what made the first movie work, despite the all-surrounding kookiness of Wicked. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025

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Noun

And when Torres scored, Fernandez's idiocy only came into greater focus.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 July 2026
My favorite thing in the world to watch or try to do is somebody who has full confidence in their idiocy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of idiocy

Noun

There’s little rhyme or reason in terms of states that continue to allow licensing lunacy by leaving livelihoods to localities.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
The Emmys’ producers passing up on even the slightest possibility of a Werner Herzog acceptance speech is sheer lunacy.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026

Definition of lunacy

Noun

But the flight to extremism, and the metastasizing inanity, is a two-party problem, and those of us who are Democrats and who care about the importance of regrowing the dormant (if not dead) political center have an obligation to try to do something about it.

— Jeffrey Robbins, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
The post-liberals stand for cruelty and inanity, but Brooks can’t admit to standing for much of anything at all.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of inanity

Noun

Colt did not have any signs of insanity, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, Richards said.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
This case involved a client who, after years of competency litigation, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state forensic hospital.

— Schnelle Tonge, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Definition of insanity

Noun

There are definitely laughs in Maddie’s Secret, but the point of the movie is almost to get beyond them, to the place where naive hokum could yield moments of inexplicable resonance.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 June 2026
At Pasadena Playhouse, where a revival of the 1947 musical is occurring, some of the audience may already have a different miracle in mind, unrelated to any mystical Scottish hokum coming up in the plot.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026

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