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Kooky

/ˈkuːki/

Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

📖 Definitions of "Kooky"

adjective

1
Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
"His kooky behavior seemed charming at first, but soon got on our nerves."
2
Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like.

20 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
balmy	Of weather, mild and pleasant.
loonynoun	(informal, offensive, derogatory) An insane or very foolish person.
insane	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
wackynoun	(slang, informal) Zany; eccentric.
dottynoun	(British, Australia, colloquial) Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
barmy	Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
cracked	Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
battynoun	(slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
bonkers	(informal, especially British) Mad; crazy.
loopynoun	(slang) Idiotic; crazy.
loconoun	(colloquial) Crazy.
fruitynoun	Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
nutty	(slang) Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
haywirenoun	Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.
nutsnoun	(colloquial) Insane, mad.
buggynoun	(computing) Containing programming errors.
daft	(chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.
crackersnoun	(UK, colloquial) Crazy, insane.
kookienoun	(childish) A kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
batsnoun	(informal) Mad, insane.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
barmynoun	Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
dotty	(British, Australia, colloquial) Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
batty	(slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
loonynoun	(informal, offensive, derogatory) An insane or very foolish person.
bats	(informal) Mad, insane.
insane	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
bonkers	(informal, especially British) Mad; crazy.
wacky	(slang, informal) Zany; eccentric.
daft	(chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.
nuts	(colloquial) Insane, mad.
cracked	Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
balmy	Of weather, mild and pleasant.
loopynoun	(slang) Idiotic; crazy.
crackers	(UK, colloquial) Crazy, insane.
haywire	Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.
loco	(colloquial) Crazy.
buggy	(computing) Containing programming errors.
fruitynoun	Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
nutty	(slang) Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
kookie	Alternative form of kooky. [(slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.]