LOONY TUNES Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

loony tunes

adjective

variants or looney tunes

Definition of loony tunes

as in stupid

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment Nobody could tell whether she was serious with that loony tunes idea she put forward.

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Recent Examples of loony tunes Sometimes first Tribals can be kind of bonkers if tribe lines are still being drawn, or if two people are really not getting along, or if someone is really loony tunes, or someone else is really fighting hard to stay. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025 Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes. — Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020

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Adjective

Parametric modeling, especially when weighted down with decades of AutoCAD’s stupid UI/UX choices, was even harder than programming.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
The simplest explanation is that Vance believes his voters are stupid.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of stupid

Adjective

Johnson continued this week to push for his foolish and counterproductive desire to impose a $33-per-month tax on each Chicago job generated by the city’s largest private-sector employers.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
As is, this is a foolish thriller that prompts the occasional snicker but not much more.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of foolish

Adjective

This year’s list includes what may be America’s last remaining players with free 2020 eligibility (silly us, thinking that ended last year) — and even a few who began their careers in the 2010s.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Depp engaged the crowd with silly skits for nearly half a hour.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of silly

Adjective

But Carveout 2160 is a new IP in snowboarding, which was responsible for the fastest and maddest games of the era.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Tamra is right; Shannon and some of the other cast are looking for things to get mad about, taking tiny things and blowing them up.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

That’s absurd for a company generating $14 billion in yearly free cash flow.

— Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In some ways, watching this late-career Messi has become just as compelling an experience as watching the one who recorded a quite absurd 91 goals and 22 assists for Barcelona and Argentina in 2012.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of absurd

Adjective

Emiliano Martinez kept a foul-crazy Argentina in it with multiple saves — though many were fairly straightforward — with the 2022 world champions not managing a shot until the 117th minute.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Still crazy enough to do something dumb, but mature enough to curb your impulses.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of crazy

Adjective

Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug.

— Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
That’s been an idiotic trope for too long — that participating in the business side of it taints you.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of idiotic

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