[
UK
/bˈɑːmi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
it used to drive my husband balmy - marked by spirited enjoyment
How To Use barmy In A Sentence
- They'd think Daddy quite barmy, and they'd be right.
- Meanwhile, all over the country, councils are dreaming up new and increasingly barmy ideas to squeeze a few more lumps of money from motorists. Times, Sunday Times
- It's also fun to find out, via these collected letters, the types of books and movies Farrell was consuming while writing and editing Troubles: Cold Comfort Farm, Thomas Hardy ( "barmy"), The Garden of Finzi-Continis, Easy Rider. Awards and honors
- Hardly a week goes by without another barmy example of political correctness being imposed by our town halls.
- What's more, the speed limits in this country are barmy.
- A colleague called it "bureaucracy gone barmy."
- Can drive you a bit barmy, this acting lark. Times, Sunday Times
- Whatever else he may be, Leishman is certainly an extrovert, and the barmy bard would turn up on Saint and Greavsie delivering slices of his home-cooked poetry.
- But the president-for-life is as sinister as he is barmy.
- A new report reveals we are forking out fortunes to bankroll bureaucrats with barmy "non-job" titles.