loony
adjective/ˈluni/
Frequency rank: #16,030 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
crazy or extremely foolish
Example sentence
My friends think I am loony for wanting to swim in the ocean in January.
Synonyms & related words
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