Synonyms for moony
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : moo-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu ni |
Top 10 synonyms for moony Other synonyms for the word moony
- imaginary
- immaterial
- impractical
- intangible
- introspective
- introvertive
- lulling
- marvelous
- misty
- musing
- mythical
- nightmarish
- otherworldly
- out of this world
- pensive
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- preoccupied
- quixotic
- relaxing
- shadowy
- soothing
- speculative
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- whimsical
- woolgathering
Définition of moony
Origin :- 1580s, "like the moon;" 1848, "dreamy, listless," from moon (n.) + -y (2). Cf. moon (v.).
- adj dreamy
- 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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