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as in lunatics
one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
giggled like a loon at his own jokes
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as in idiots
a stupid person
the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag
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Recent Examples of loons
For those in search of the immersive Adirondack experience of sleeping under the stars and morning wake-up calls courtesy of resident loons, camping is a solid choice.
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Maine has thousands more loons than the other New England states, with the other five states combining for about 1,000 adults.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
In addition to loons and lakes, Minnesota is also home to a one-of-a-kind competition that for this week, has pitted Classic SPAM against a personal aircraft.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
There's waterfalls coming down the mountains, bears running around and ducks and loons flying around and swimming.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
Many loons have dove down and reemerged since our last time fishing together.
—Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Maine has thousands more loons than the other New England states, with the other five states combining for about 1,000 adults.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
In addition to loons and lakes, Minnesota is also home to a one-of-a-kind competition that for this week, has pitted Classic SPAM against a personal aircraft.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
There's waterfalls coming down the mountains, bears running around and ducks and loons flying around and swimming.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
Many loons have dove down and reemerged since our last time fishing together.
—Emily Brisse, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loons
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The lunatics who attacked the seat of government to try to change the outcome of a free and fair election are not patriots.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Parents know these woke lunatics are bullies.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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And speaking of the idiots who run college football, the sport had one-fourth of its playoff coaches accepting other jobs before the playoffs even began, and has the transfer portal opening before the playoffs even come to an end.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The fools of twenty-first-century Western imperialism possessed little of the historical literacy, let alone the moral sophistication, of Arendt, Weil, and Camus.—
Victor J. Blue,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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The mind wants desperately to connect with a person—and fools itself into seeing one in a machine.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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The weather and bugs that come along with South Florida summers lead to fewer visitors, which can be a major plus.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bed bugs aren’t covered in most plans, but interruption-for-any-reason coverage could help consumers recoup some of the unused trip expenses, according to Seven Corners.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Loons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loons. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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