variants
or looney 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.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes.
—Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes.
—Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loony tunes
Adjective
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The name-calling and the stupid AI and the imagery has got to stop.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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These kids are being stupid and absurd and reckless and not thinking about anything other than what’s directly in front of their faces.—
Will Leitch,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Count Dracula remains a fixture in the horror genre, having been featured in movies that range from scary and sexy to silly and satirical.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Anderson’s synthesis of all of these themes, motifs, and silly gags into One Battle After Another, which saw Anderson’s biggest movie opening ever last month, shows how Pynchon’s ideas have not only aged well but are more visible and relevant.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This place belongs to the Carver, a deranged butcher who hunts anything foolish enough to enter.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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France had been humiliated in 1871 by Prussia in a foolish war of its own making, and Dreyfus, accused of passing military secrets to the Germans, was a convenient scapegoat in a time of national malaise.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This aspect will always cast her apart, even today, in the sense that a woman’s naked body is still perceived by audiences as something that stands out for some absurd reason, unfortunately.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their vote to shut down the government is absurd.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, let’s get completely crazy and predict that Hanley goes absolutely haywire this year to the tune of … three goals!—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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This is crazy and continues to erode the public health system and the public trust in vaccines.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Loony tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loony%20tunes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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