moony

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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
  • Luna is dreamy, while Jane is matter-of-fact, even about family tragedies.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Shore Club Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Situated along Providenciales’ Long Bay Beach, The Shore Club checks all the boxes for a dreamy tropical island getaway for the whole family.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Musk was certainly behaving like a moonstruck cultist.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • These nostalgic cookies are a better version of your favorite grocery store snack.
    Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Still, nostalgic home cooks are keeping the classics alive, recreating and sharing their takes and savoring the memories that come with them.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Which is how Robb Report ended up in Friedrichshafen for this sentimental centennial drive, which would retrace many of the roads and locations of that original trip.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
  • To safeguard fragile or sentimental items, wrap them in paper or bubble wrap before placing them in a bin.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • After a mawkish beginning, the play somewhat redeems itself through earned emotions and an ambiguous ending that begs discussion.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, jailed and banned frequently, has never allowed his work to get mawkish.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • Though the show may seem like a perfectly picturesque, saccharine snow globe at first glance, there's a bite woven in, at times acerbic, at times deeply dramatic in a real-life way.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Several testers found the monk fruit or allulose sweeteners (depending on flavor) tipped the drinks in a harshly herbal or saccharine direction, and found the high from the Uplifting Watermelon Lime flavor to be jarringly strong.
    Chala June, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The funky facial expressions as Shannon would go on and on about something wavy gravy and hippy drippy.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The drippy rainbow mural and striped chairs seemed to dance right along with her kaleidoscopic sound.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In the season’s back half, neither its overloading of vile desecrations nor maudlin sentimentality adds anything that Monster hadn’t already established four episodes ago.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Moony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moony. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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