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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End these stupid, senseless wars.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Most of the films that came after are ridiculous and stupid.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Instead of simply challenging the more foolish of those woke policies, our federal and state governments seem hell bent on obliterating any activity that even hints of DEI.—
Maurice O'Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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This kind of talk is also politically foolish and risks alienating the many Americans who already distrust this war.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Just cultivating and just feeding that division and those just absolute silly fights.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The point is not to sell her business, not to get more followers, not to create a cult of her own; the point is looking at interpersonal dynamics, getting into conflicts, resuming those conflicts, and then sometimes doing silly things after drinking too much rosé.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Stewie’s miserable, the other kids are miserable, and even the turtle is miserable… until Stewie begins rolling out his trusty array of devices to take them anywhere in space and time, turning every boring day at school into an insane and surreal adventure.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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But Sean Penn was so out there and insane.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Voorhees is mad about all of that, but made a point of clarification.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Prince William and Kate Middleton were extremely mad at the press in 2012 over a topless photo scandal.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The government thinks this is absurd.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The movie is also surreal, absurd and crowd-pleasingly funny.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Hawks, in one of the loudest, craziest environments of the season, eliminated Heritage in the 2025 semifinals.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Mar. 2026
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Driving 1,400 miles in five days in an electric vehicle is crazy.—
Adam L. Neal,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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We were just stunned by my idiotic behavior, but that idea that of the constancy was suddenly were wiped.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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Anything else would be idiotic.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Loony tunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loony%20tunes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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