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单词 crackpots
释义

crackpot

noun

crack·​pot ˈkrak-ˌpät How to pronounce crackpot (audio)
: one given to eccentric or lunatic notions
crackpot adjective

Synonyms

  • character
  • codger
  • crack
  • crackbrain
  • crank
  • eccentric
  • flake
  • fruitcake
  • head case
  • kook
  • nut
  • nutcase
  • nutter [British slang]
  • oddball
  • oddity
  • original
  • quiz
  • screwball
  • weirdo
  • zany
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Some crackpot in a clown suit is out there directing traffic. everyone is tolerant of the town crackpot, a man who never hurt anyone
Recent Examples on the Web Then there were the crackpot claims that Palin was not the real mother of Trig. T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Big-voiced Anise Ritchie is regal as Marie, the town crackpot who transforms into Ella’s fairy godmother. San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2022 But the company has since halted the project following a mass resignation of its own advisers, who panned it as a crackpot dystopian fantasy that could militarize schools and get children hurt. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 6 June 2022 His predictions interact in an amusing way with his crackpot obsessions, which include pesticides, supersonic air travel, and the Catholic Church. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Both voices, however, offer crackpot visions of a New Heaven, a New Earth, unmistakably doomed. John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022 Joe Rogan may sometimes go too far in promoting crackpot ideas about vaccines. Damon Linker, The Week, 1 Feb. 2022 All the signs had been there that Brooks was a dangerous crackpot. Kyle Whitmire, al, 7 Jan. 2021 Well, yes: Lending the institutional voice of a prestigious publication to a racist crackpot theory and then letting others write in to contest it is worthy of criticism. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

crackpots

noun

plural of crackpot
as in eccentrics
a person of odd or whimsical habits everyone is tolerant of the town crackpot, a man who never hurt anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • eccentrics
  • nuts
  • kooks
  • weirdos
  • cranks
  • nutcases
  • screwballs
  • oddballs
  • nutters
  • mavericks
  • fruitcakes
  • characters
  • zanies
  • bohemians
  • originals
  • flakes
  • freaks
  • codgers
  • rarities
  • odd ducks
  • oddities
  • cracks
  • quizzes
  • head cases
  • nonconformists
  • crackbrains
  • pieces of work
  • geezers
  • coots
  • quixotes
  • curios
  • fantasts
  • fantasticoes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sheep
  • followers
  • conformists
  • conformers
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