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wacky |
Overview of adj wacky The adj wacky has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable -- ((informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books") 2. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky -- (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular) Antonyms of adj wacky 2 senses of wacky Sense 1 cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise Sense 2 balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky INDIRECT (VIA insane) -> sane Similarity of adj wacky 2 senses of wacky Sense 1 cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(postnominal), goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable => foolish (vs. wise) Sense 2 balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky => insane (vs. sane) Attributes of adj wacky Familiarity of adj wacky wacky used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj wacky wacky Overview of adj wacky The adj wacky has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) cockamamie, cockamamy, fool, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable -- ((informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books") 2. balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky -- (informal or slang terms for mentally irregular)
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