Looney (Noun)
Meaning
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Usages
Examples
- The police were on high alert for the looney who had been making threatening phone calls to the mayor's office.
- After a few too many drinks, my uncle started acting like a looney and had to be escorted out of the bar.
- The neighbors were terrified of the reclusive looney who lived in the abandoned house on the hill.
- The doctors were stumped by the patient who claimed to be a prophet, calling him a looney behind his back.
- The news headlines were dominated by the story of the looney who had gone on a rampage in the city center.