kookiness

noun

Definition of kookinessnext
as in idiocy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kookiness
  1. absurdity
  2. lunacy
  3. inanity
  4. insanity
  5. hokum
  6. claptrap
  7. nonsense
  8. nuts
Noun
  • Corbet’s awkward forcing of his characters into his conceptual framework leads to absurdities and vulgarities—not least in the depiction of László’s first and only Black acquaintance, a laborer named Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé), as a heroin addict.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users The Game Awards 2024 Live Winners List, And Game Of The Year Such then is the delicate balance of accessibility and exclusivity, creativity and commerciality, genius and absurdity.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • At its peak, it’s got some adrenaline-pumping lunacy that’s admirable.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • This tribute to the ill-fitting celebrity guest spots on sitcoms of yore rises to incredible heights of lunacy and requires not a lick of prior knowledge about Little Richard to pull laughs from viewers.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of lunacy
Noun
  • Laugh at these inanities, but these theories often serve an end, especially on the right: to help politicians and movements score points with their base.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There is just nothing to like about this spring-forward inanity.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
Definition of inanity
Noun
  • Weeks later, more insanity ensued, the 50th home run ball selling for $4.39 million at auction, the highest price ever paid for any ball in any sport.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Germain, who teaches law at Syracuse University in New York, said that, given the weight of evidence, insanity is likely the only defense that will work.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • Some of the biggest peddlers of drone hokum have been elected officials.
    Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Trying this out is part of coffee testing's scientific method, but the insistence on 175 degrees also read like marketing hokum.
    Joe Ray, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2019
Definition of hokum
Noun
  • Many Red Sox fans have had it up to here with that building-for-the-future claptrap, so much so that expectations were scary low coming into the 2024 season.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
  • Is there a remedy for claptrap like the BMJ article?
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Definition of claptrap
Noun
  • By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of nuts
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