balmy

UK /ˈbɑː.mi/ US /ˈbɑmi/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

clear, under

VERB + BALMY

garden, reckon, weather

BALMY + NOUN

', breeze, california, claud, skies, summer, summer's

ADV.

frequently, somewhere

Definitions

adj

Producing balm.

Soothing or fragrant.

Of weather, mild and pleasant.

The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California.

Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.

I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.

'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — mild and pleasant

adjective — informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

barmy
bats
batty
bonkers
buggy
cracked
crackers
daft

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California.

Wiktionary

I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.

Wiktionary

'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.

Wiktionary

It's balmy today.

Tatoeba · #33598

Frequently clear and balmy weather deteriorates and it soon rains cats and dogs.

Tatoeba · #271542

The weather was balmy.

Tatoeba · #4494591

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, balmy is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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