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balmy
adjective \ˈbä-mē, ˈbäl-mē\
of air, weather, etc. : warm, calm, and pleasant
: crazy or foolish
balm·i·erbalm·i·est
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First Known Use of BALMY
15th century
Related to BALMY
- Synonyms
- insane, barmy [chiefly British], bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
- Antonyms
- balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
BALMINESS Defined for Kids
balmy
adjective \ˈbä-mē, ˈbäl-mē\
balm·i·erbalm·i·est
Definition of BALMY for Kids
: warm, calm, and pleasant <a balmy breeze>
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