kookiness

noun

as in idiocy

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Recent Examples of kookiness Often, though, the band drops the hauteur to reveal a surprising kind of kookiness. — Jesse Dorris, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026 The beloved British artist David Hockney, who died last week at the age of 88, is celebrated for his vibrant paintings, his innovative techniques, and his joyful kookiness. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026 The friendship between these two witches is the core of this whole story, and the way that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform it is what made the first movie work, despite the all-surrounding kookiness of Wicked. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kookiness
  1. idiocy
  2. absurdity
  3. lunacy
  4. inanity
  5. insanity
  6. craziness
  7. imbecility
  8. hokum
Noun
  • That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.
    — Susan Shelley, Daily News, 13 May 2026
  • The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of idiocy
Noun
  • Swift will either ignore the noise as usual, or smile at the absurdity as a secure, proud childless cat lady.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Fireworks, flags and BBQs are Fourth of July staples, but America’s 250th birthday brings an extra helping of absurdity to Coney Island.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • The Emmys’ producers passing up on even the slightest possibility of a Werner Herzog acceptance speech is sheer lunacy.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026
  • Mamdani’s $22 billion housing lunacy proposal will socialize the skyline.
    — , FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
Definition of lunacy
Noun
  • But the flight to extremism, and the metastasizing inanity, is a two-party problem, and those of us who are Democrats and who care about the importance of regrowing the dormant (if not dead) political center have an obligation to try to do something about it.
    — Jeffrey Robbins, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • The post-liberals stand for cruelty and inanity, but Brooks can’t admit to standing for much of anything at all.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of inanity
Noun
  • Iraq, Canada, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Qatar, Saudi Arabia After accidentally cursing President Saddam Hussein on stage, theater actor Salem convinces a military court of his insanity to escape a death sentence.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 July 2026
  • San Francisco trailed 6-1 at the time of Webb’s departure, and given Coors Field’s penchant for insanity, a comeback wasn’t out of the question.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • The forecast for Thursday calls for craziness.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Spurs had to rush off the court to avoid getting caught up in all the craziness.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of craziness
Noun
  • When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of imbecility
Noun
  • There are definitely laughs in Maddie’s Secret, but the point of the movie is almost to get beyond them, to the place where naive hokum could yield moments of inexplicable resonance.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • At Pasadena Playhouse, where a revival of the 1947 musical is occurring, some of the audience may already have a different miracle in mind, unrelated to any mystical Scottish hokum coming up in the plot.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026
Definition of hokum

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