It is little short of lunacy to try it.
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Lunacy
//ˈluː.nə.si//
Synonyms for "lunacy" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
Noun(3 words)
irrationalityloss of mindloss of reasonmental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmind overthrownmindlessnessmindsicknessniaiserienugacitynuttinessoddnesspixilationpossession
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preposterousnesspsychopathypsychosisqueernessrabidnessreasonlessnessridiculousnesssappinessscrewinesssenselessnessshattered mindsick mindsicknesssillinessstrangenessstupiditythoughtlessnesstriflingnesstrivialityunbalanceunbalanced mindunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of mindwackinessweirdnesswitlessnesszaninesszanyism
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6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лудост noun (state of being mad)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 神經病 /神经病 noun (state of being mad)
- 精神病 noun (state of being mad)
Danish
1 entries- galskab noun (state of being mad)
Dutch
4 entries- gekheid noun (state of being mad)
- gekheid noun (something deeply misguided)
- krankzinnigheid noun (state of being mad)
- maanziekte noun (cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases)
Finnish
2 entries- hulluus noun (state of being mad)
- hulluus noun (something deeply misguided)
French
1 entries- folie noun (state of being mad)
German
2 entries- Verrücktheit noun (state of being mad)
- Wahnsinn noun (state of being mad)
Irish
1 entries- gealtachas noun (state of being mad)
Italian
1 entries- pazzia noun (state of being mad)
Manx
1 entries- ard-ommidjys noun (state of being mad)
Marathi
1 entries- वेड noun (state of being mad)
Norwegian
1 entries- galskap noun (state of being mad)
Old English
1 entries- mōnaþsēocnes noun (state of being mad)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- جنت noun (state of being mad)
- مجنونلق noun (state of being mad)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wonsenn noun (state of being mad)
Polish
2 entries- niepoczytalność noun (state of being mad)
- obłęd noun (state of being mad)
Russian
4 entries- безу́мие noun (state of being mad)
- невменя́емость noun (state of being mad)
- помеша́тельство noun (state of being mad)
- сумасше́ствие noun (state of being mad)
Spanish
2 entries- locura noun (state of being mad)
- lunatismo noun (state of being mad)
Turkish
3 entries- cinnet noun (state of being mad)
- delilik noun (state of being mad)
- çılgınlık noun (state of being mad)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The thought that robots might take over the world is lunacy.
Source: tatoeba (664063)
If you want to throw your life's accomplishments away, that's your prerogative, but I'm staying right here where I'll be safe from your lunacy.
Source: tatoeba (5263640)
This is lunacy.
Source: tatoeba (5945298)
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