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adjective

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Recent Examples of loony
Adjective
As an impressionist, Carvey's style was more, well, impressionist — his gabbling, discursive George H.W. Bush spinning out further and further while remaining resolutely tethered to some measure of loony reality (taking a similar approach for his recent recurring stint as President Joe Biden). Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025 Advertisement Here are six movies that advanced the genre in 2024: (Uncredited / Associated Press) ‘Longlegs’ Osgood Perkins wrote and directed this waking nightmare about Maika Monroe’s psychic FBI agent on the trail of ... if not quite a serial killer, the looniest murder influencer ever. Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024 Love Songs holds the hallmarks of an era of heterodox rap-hook writers, deep YouTube exploration, and DIY mash-ups and blends, but the loonier flips restore the ’89 feeling of wondering whether an exciting piece of collagework will one day be sued out of existence. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 One of our region's most famous comics, Michael Hawthorne, built a career from illustrating the loony loudmouth. Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for loony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loony
Noun
  • For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Both towns are filled with lovable eccentrics, both treat community as a kind of moral center, and both ask us to consider what decency looks like at the local level.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The recent rash of CEOs Gone Wild is arguably even stupider than commonplace fraud, and a troubling sign that there continues to be a slippery slope of accountability for C-Suite leadership.
    Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The accounts team logs in right on time, and the stupid dance of platitudes that precedes every meeting at every company around the world begins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here, played by the black actress Karen Bryson, the character is all brains and sass.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At one point during NCIS' run, de Pablo's character was thought to be dead.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jared has a constant calmness about how crazy the day is.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is my second Moon Man, which feels so crazy!
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This wacko crew was one of the greatest things in the history of television.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • His search takes him to a wacko cult in the desert run by a scamster, and that of course puts the sheriff in deadly danger.
    Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Many kids find repeating these phrases satisfying, or silly, or just plain fun to say, Estevez says.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There are no silly games being played.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, de Grey was viewed as a brilliant crackpot.
    Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Dawn rambles on, issuing crackpot theories in the background.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • However, the team has been a target of lunatic pro-Palestine protesters who have taken issue with the team's name, even though the team has no formal ties to the Israeli government.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Who is the lunatic who can get her intel from the inside?
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Loony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loony. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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