MOONY Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

moony

adjective

Definition of moony

as in dreamy

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Recent Examples of moony Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel. — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019 Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention. — Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for moony

Adjective

This dreamy mix of white, silver, and soft green, complete with dainty white polka dots, brings a cloud-like feel to fall nails.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 11 Nov. 2026
The property and rooms Sprawling over 1400 acres, Nekajui is a dreamy jungle beach resort that opened its doors on the secluded peninsula in February 2025.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of dreamy

Adjective

Aboard Paladin’s private plane to London, Thomas and Lisa sleep, and Vision leaves them a tablet with all the episodes of WandaVision and a sorrowful, sentimental good-bye letter.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
To honor her tribe and Native Americans across the country, Haaland incorporated symbolic and sentimental jewelry pieces into her blue attire on Tuesday.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of sentimental

Adjective

Elordi’s performance is a fine one, but any emotional current from the screen to the audience is made choppy by mawkish blasts to the past, Hig at the edge of his bed, head in hands.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026
The sounds are chintzy and soaked in reverb, like a mawkish ’80s ballad rewritten from memory, and the whole thing slowly falls apart and fades out like an old track by the Field.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026

Definition of mawkish

Adjective

But that’s preferable to the movie’s swerve into saccharine grief therapy, as Jay starts communing with Mitt once the dead dad and the whale become a single soul.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Congenitally optimistic without being saccharine, Paul Baker was, in Season 2, the nexus of a love triangle in which his character felt torn between his girlfriend, Rao’s Issa, and his husband, Thiele’s Anton.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of saccharine

Adjective

But this season, the show has reckoned so much with this type of emotional fallout that the scenes are feeling a little redundant and drippy.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Nothing will keep you from sleeping or distract you from studying like itchy bug bites or the constant sneezing and drippy nose of seasonal allergies.

— Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of drippy

Adjective

Except that’s precisely what awards shows are terrible at — those hammy yuk-yuk sketches, or weepy maudlin moments, that struggle to celebrate the industry by interlacing the show with a theatrical insert.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
That’s when the movie takes a direction that’s both maudlin in the true sense of the word and ultimately even sanctimonious regarding the heroine’s sudden redemption.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026

Definition of maudlin

Adjective

Ferrara, the century-old Chicago confectioner behind Lemonhead, Nerds and other sugary candies, is shuttering its Little Village factory and laying off 154 employees in April.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, women who consumed more than two servings a week of foods like sugary cereals, ice cream and other high sugar items, were found to have a 28 percent higher risk of breast cancer compared to those consuming less than one serving per month.

— Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of sugary

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