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All nutty synonyms

nut·ty
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adjective nutty

  • deranged — Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
  • absurd — If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
  • batty — If you say that someone is batty, you mean that they are rather eccentric or slightly crazy.
  • crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
  • eccentric — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
  • foolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
  • kooky — of, like, or pertaining to a kook; eccentric, strange, or foolish.
  • mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
  • nuts — insane; crazy.
  • wacky — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
  • bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
  • buggy — A buggy is the same as a baby buggy.
  • cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
  • cracked — An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged.
  • daffy — If you describe a person or thing as daffy, you mean that they are strange or foolish, but in a rather attractive way.
  • daft — If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange.
  • demented — Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.
  • enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
  • gung ho — wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous: a gung-ho military outfit.
  • harebrained — giddy; reckless.
  • insane — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
  • irrational — without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
  • keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
  • loony — lunatic; insane.
  • lunatic — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
  • potty — Chiefly British Informal. slightly insane; eccentric.
  • ridiculous — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • touched — moved; stirred: They were very touched by your generosity.
  • unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
  • warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
  • zealous — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
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