lunacy
Collocations
4ADJ.
little, safe, sheer, short
VERB + LUNACY
don't, form, succumb
LUNACY + NOUN
noise
PREP.
between, from
Definitions
noun
The state of being mad, insanity
The state of being mad, insanity
Something deeply misguided.
Two days have passed since that day of lunacy. What a noise and a fuss and a chattering and an uproar there was! And what a welter of unseemliness and disorder and stupidity and bad manners! And I the cause of it all! Yet part of the scene was also ridiculous—at all events to myself it was so.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — foolish or senseless behavior
- folly
- foolery
- tomfoolery
- craziness
- indulgence
noun — obsolete terms for legal insanity
- madness
- insaneness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Two days have passed since that day of lunacy. What a noise and a fuss and a chattering and an uproar there was! And what a welter of unseemliness and disorder and stupidity and bad manners! And I the
WiktionaryIt is little short of lunacy to try it.
Tatoeba · #41872The thought that robots might take over the world is lunacy.
Tatoeba · #664063If 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.
Tatoeba · #5263640This is lunacy.
Tatoeba · #5945298Don't succumb to lunacy too much, tomorrow is your wedding!
Tatoeba · #6031313