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Synonyms for moony


Grammar : Adj
Spell : moo-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu ni

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Définition of moony

Origin :
  • 1580s, "like the moon;" 1848, "dreamy, listless," from moon (n.) + -y (2). Cf. moon (v.).
  • adj dreamy
Example sentences :
  • The moony spectacles beamed not quite benevolently on the corridor.
  • Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
  • The moony moon was round and bright, It shone and shone and made it light.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy
  • It was a warm, moony night, and he took a glass of vichy "for looks' sake," as he said.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Men » by Theodore Dreiser
  • "Why, I always was moony over you--when we were kids," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Mysterious Rider » by Zane Grey
  • The Professor looked at her in somewhat puzzled fashion, not through but from beneath the moony spectacles.
  • Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
  • But the moony spectacles were soon let down over the eyes of the Professor of Folk-Lore, and hung there like shutters or blinkers.
  • Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
  • The signalled eyes under the moony spectacles received the danger signal with something of impatience.
  • Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
  • For all he'm so moony an' gentlelike, I think he'm a terrible passionate man inside.
  • Extract from : « A Bit O' Love (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • It flashed and was gone, and then, before the moony circles on the water had got to the bank, the man was off.
  • Extract from : « The Torch and Other Tales » by Eden Phillpotts
  • The soaring dome of white canvas reflected the electric light with a moony lustre.
  • Extract from : « Una Of The Hill Country » by Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
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