Wearing mismatched clothing and yelling to nobody in particular, the crackpot was amusing and ignored by the people who passed him by.
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lunacy -
Stupid or crazy ideas or behavior that is likely to have bad results
When Edwin Hubble suggested in 1922 that most of the little dots in the sky are entire galaxies, most scientists thought that the idea was sheer lunacy.
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unhinged -
Mentally unbalanced and unstable
Trevor crossed the street when he saw the unhinged person yelling at him.
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lunatic -
A person who is crazy
Martha was a defensive driver, to be safer with regards to a possible lunatic behind the wheel of another car.
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megalomaniac -
Someone who has an unnaturally strong wish for power and control.
The dictator showed signs of being a megalomaniac even as a child, the way he bossed everyone around in the schoolyard.
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daffy -
Silly, different, strange, and funny
Fred had a twirled mustache and wore an oddly colored suit, but the town's residents simply viewed him as daffy instead of someone to be afraid of.
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bonkers -
Mentally unbalanced, mad and crazy, usually meant humorously
There were many long stretches of time that Joan was cooped up in the house with her kids, and it was making her go bonkers.
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weirdo -
A person whose dress or behavior seems strange
The weirdo kept peeking at everyone from behind the bushes.
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delirious -
In a disturbed state of mind, often due to illness or fever, leading to confusion and hallucinations.
After three sleepless nights, he was delirious and barely able to speak clearly.
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wacky -
Something that is strange and different to the point of amusement.
George’s grandmother was well known and loved for her wacky taste in shoes.
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loony -
Crazy or silly
The patients in the mental hospital could be described as loony, but the doctors tried to treat them as normal human beings with normal problems in order to try to help them get better.
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kooky -
Strange and different, in a funny way
Salvador Dali's kooky appearance was only exceeded by his even more bizarre paintings.
