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1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
raised by an uncle with a rather wacky philosophy of parenting
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2
as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
one club member whose wacky ideas for fund-raisers usually produced groans
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Recent Examples of wacky
That was part of Plattner’s appearance at the Sharks’ season opener Thursday, which had a wacky ending in a come-from-ahead overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Since then, the team's fame has only grown as videos of their wacky, almost vaudevillian antics spread across social media.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In the 2002 live-action version of the infamous cartoon, the gang takes a trip to Spooky Island, where suspicious behavior occurs, and the crew’s wacky investigative skills are needed.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
But every so often – 14 times in fact – its members let their I/O imaginations run wild and create wacky one-off peripheral projects.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Since then, the team's fame has only grown as videos of their wacky, almost vaudevillian antics spread across social media.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In the 2002 live-action version of the infamous cartoon, the gang takes a trip to Spooky Island, where suspicious behavior occurs, and the crew’s wacky investigative skills are needed.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
But every so often – 14 times in fact – its members let their I/O imaginations run wild and create wacky one-off peripheral projects.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wacky
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As travelers crave experiences over ordinary stays, hotels that have transformed grim to glam are now embracing their bizarre and sometimes haunted histories, even hosting weddings and wellness retreats.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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But things take a bizarre turn when her son, Simón (Roger Príncep), goes missing.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Go through a corn maze, sip on apple cider, and take silly pictures with the cardboard cutouts.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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This separation keeps parents' Discover Weekly and Wrapped playlists clean from unexpected surprises like a sudden obsession with gaming soundtracks or silly meme songs.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Timothy Simons portrays Noah’s eccentric older brother, Sasha, who’s married to Esther Roklov (Jackie Tohn) and forms an unlikely friendship with Morgan.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The original series followed an eccentric American family with four sons, including gifted genius Malcolm (Muniz) and brothers Francis (Masterson), Reese (Berfield) and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan), led by parents Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek).—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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The science author Stuart Clark notes that the concept was nonsensical to contemporary scientists, who assumed that magnetism could not break free from a magnet and that the Sun’s energy radiated equally across its surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Concerned friends, both mine and his, counseled against him posting rambling, nonsensical monologues, and about his drug use.—
Coley Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Silver Bullet The idea of league partners doing journalism is always a strange subject.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Years later, now a lawyer, Andi wins a radio contest where the host, Jake (Romaine Waite), turns the story of the sleigh bell and stranger into a segment, as listeners help track down her mystery man before Christmas.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The film’s ever-so-slightly absurd sincerity is nothing if not brazen.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Conceptions of world geography at the time were faulty to an almost absurd extent, Bergreen said.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Constraints give creative energy a direction to travel, shaping the search space while also confining it — just enough that exploration becomes deeper, weirder, and more productive.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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Until then, things will get very weird, very fast.—
Victor Riparbelli,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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People were making all these crazy comments.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are only a few wins away from winning back-to-back titles despite the crazy year the team has had.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Wacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wacky. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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