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Zany   /zˈeɪni/   Listen
Zany

adjective
1.
Ludicrous, foolish.  Synonyms: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky.  "Wore a goofy hat" , "A silly idea" , "Some wacky plan for selling more books"
2.
Like a clown.  Synonyms: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike.  "A clownish face" , "A zany sense of humor"






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"Zany" Quotes from Famous Books



... I was terrified, even numb with terror. I knew that Maternus would never believe me if I indicated this gaping zany and asserted that it was our Emperor: yet Maternus had such an uncanny power of interpreting the expression of face of any interlocutor that I dreaded to tell him anything save the exact truth. I was in a dilemma, ...
— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, zany, harlequin, droll, punch, mime, farceur, scaramouch, grimacier jackpudding; boor, lout, gawk, gawky, lubber, put, bumpkin, churl, carl, tike; ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming



Words linked to "Zany" :   buffoon, clown, foolish, saphead, goof, colloquialism, humourous, humorous, wacky, muggins, tomfool, fool, merry andrew, sap



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