nutty

(nŭt'ē)
adj., -ti·er, -ti·est.

1. Containing or producing nuts: nutty trees.
2. Having a flavor like that of nuts: The wild turkey often has a nutty taste when cooked.
3. Slang. Crazy; idiotic: a nutty idea.

nuttily nut'ti·ly adv.
nuttiness nut'ti·ness n.

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adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British crackers. Law non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, offout ofone's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane/insane.

adj

Definition: deranged
Antonyms: sane

adjective
adjective, naval

1: Crazy, mad, eccentric; often in phr. nutty as a fruit-cake. (1892 —) .
P. G. Wodehouse 'He doesn't strike me as unbalanced.' 'On his special subject he's as nutty as a fruit cake' (1967). noun

2: Chocolate, sweets. (1947 —) .
J. Hale Their Christmas presents and their nutty and cigarette rations (1964).

[From nut noun 2 + -y.]

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For a list of words related to nutty, see:

• Foolish, Immature, Bigoted, or Trivial
• Insanity - nutty: (adj) Slang. eccentric, mildly crazy; daffy

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See words rhyming with "nutty."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tosset, skør

Nederlands (Dutch)
geschift, vol noten, smakende naar noten

Français (French)
adj. - aux noisettes, cinglé, fou (projet, idée)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verrückt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εξωφρενικός, παλαβιάρικος, γεμάτος ξηρούς καρπούς, με γεύση ξηρού καρπού

Italiano (Italian)
toccato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - abundante em nozes, com sabor de nozes

Русский (Russian)
ореховый, безумный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - loco, chalado, chiflado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nötrik, nötliknande, stimulerande, stollig, knasig, innehåller småkol

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
多坚果的, 古怪的, 像坚果的, 头脑不正常的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多堅果的, 古怪的, 像堅果的, 頭腦不正常的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 나무 열매가 많은, 미친, 열중하여, 화려한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 木の実の味のする, 木の実の入った, 木の実の多い, 熱中した

idioms:

• nutty as a fruitcake    頭がおかしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير الجوز, مختل العقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלא אגוזים, בטעם אגוז, משוגע, משונה‬

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