nutty
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Synonyms
balmy, barmy [chiefly British], bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, insane, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
Antonyms
balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
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Garlic slices through the nutty richness; use the restaurant’s crusty bread to scoop up the sauce. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Cheesy khachapuri and Georgian soup dumplings await at Glendale’s Havlabar," 5 Sep. 2019 Garlic slices through the nutty richness; use the restaurant’s crusty bread to scoop up the sauce. — Glendale News-Press, "Review: Glendale’s Havlabar serves up cheesy khachapuri and Georgian soup dumplings," 5 Sep. 2019 That’s a nutty use of the state’s limited water supply. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, "Editorial: Trump’s assault on Delta threatens Bay Area water supply," 27 Aug. 2019 The result, say brewers, is an oak-forward stout that has a nutty quality to it. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "Goose Island Will Release 8 Bourbon County Variants This Year—and a Collection," 14 Aug. 2019 Balancing that flavor with delicate chocolate and nutty praline is a skill that champion baker Barbara Alt has honed. — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, "Kentucky State Fair homemade cake winner is a delicious mix of bourbon, chocolate and nuts," 13 Aug. 2019 Buttery and nutty, the Toasted Almond is the most flaky and delicate, while the Pizzetta has a pronounced flavor from Italian herbs and spices. — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, "Savory biscuits for grown-ups," 13 Aug. 2019 Crickets, for instance, can feature a nutty quality. — Julia Sclafani, Daily Pilot, "Cricket chips? Ant caviar? O.C. Fair showcases the latest sustainable healthy food trend: Bugs," 31 July 2019 Whites made from it can be light and fruity when aged in stainless steel or rich and nutty if barrel-aged. — Lettie Teague, WSJ, "Sicily’s Under-the-Radar Whites: Great Wines If You Can Get Them," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nutty.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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