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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psycho -
A person with severe mental health issues, often describing someone who behaves in an erratic or dangerous manner.
She accused him of being a psycho and told him to leave after he repeatedly showed up uninvited and acted innappropriately.
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cantankerous -
Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative
The constant arguing of the cantankerous couple living above Ann always kept her up at night.
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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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hysterical -
Having uncontrolled extreme emotion
When Amy found out that her house had been destroyed by the tornado, she broke down into hysterical crying, and could not be comforted for hours.
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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.
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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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nuts -
Crazy, insane, or stupid, often in a humorous way
Bill's friends thought he was nuts for swimming in the middle of the winter.
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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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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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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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crackpot -
A slightly strange or foolish person
Wearing mismatched clothing and yelling to nobody in particular, the crackpot was amusing and ignored by the people who passed him by.
