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1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers
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as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends
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as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a kooky bicyclist who stubbornly refuses to wear a helmet that was a kooky thing to do
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Recent Examples of kooky
The layout of this slice of Italianate mansion is kooky, but the primary featured in this listing photo comes with an original fireplace and is big enough to fit a king bed.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2025
Hardly undone by all that, the plucky Texas teen enlists the otherworldly assist of her mystical, kooky and somewhat sage aunt Gugu (Lori Tan Chinn) and a sidekick, the vampire spirit Ed (Bowen Yang), who warned her about the demon Kit (Woosung Kim).
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
In a decade of TV witches; an alluring genie; a mother who communicates through a car radio; a flying nun; and creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky families; there was really nothing all that unusual about a talking horse.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Jeff, Aubrey, and Alison were like the Three Musketeers of kooky low-budget comedies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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The pilot episode of The Baldwins, TLC’s new reality show about actor Alec Baldwin and his family, is one of the darkest and most bizarre hours of television to appear in recent memory.—
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The expo’s Instagram page documents visits to other cities and showcases many of the bizarre and dark art pieces and items people can buy, as well as some attendees’ costumes.—
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
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My long-distance boyfriend often addressed letters with silly names or in-jokes.—
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Taking the material beyond its original audience of one, the writer-director offers a delicious mélange of the surreal and the silly for all ages.—
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Gilda, who fell in love easily and often, and wasn’t afraid to be weird, or look ridiculous.—
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Back in 2019, Elon Musk was just a weird guy whose companies built rockets and EVs.—
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The premise itself is both deeply stupid and incredibly clever (the sweet spot, really).—
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Some of the replies were the usual stupid snark on social media from people who thrive on being negative.—
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The actor simply finds something too funny to contain him or herself.—
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And McGrath, who didn’t resort to telling jokes or making funny faces to force a smile out of Krzystof, literally took matters into her own hands.—
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.—
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.—
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
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“Kooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kooky. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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