| 单词 | zany |
| 释义 | zany (once / 10423 pages) adjn If you've been called zany, you are goofy, wacky, and clownish. Zany describes very silly people and behaviors. If you break into a bad, old-guy imitation of hip-hop, you might be trying too hard to be zany. There's an old character in comedies from the 15th through the 19th centuries who always had the Italian name Gianni, or Giovanni, another form of which was "Zanni" — from which we get the adjective zany. Just as there are good clowns and kind of scary, weird clowns, zany describes both truly funny and laughable people and things, as well as foolish, or ludicrous, attempts at being funny. Something zany makes people laugh, unless it's weird zany and just makes them cringe. WORD FAMILYzany: zanier, zanies, zaniest, zanily, zanys USAGE EXAMPLESHammy as ever, festooned with zany skits and musical tidbits and tinseled with satire, the show is spreading mirth at ACT Theatre through Christmas Eve. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) Actually, he wants to share a bit of what he’s learned living what he calls, sardonically, his “zany life.” Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) At 95 million views, this zany song and video was hailed as the “Gangnam Style” of the year. Time(Dec 07, 2016) 1adj ludicrous; foolish Syn cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky foolish devoid of good sense or judgment 2adj like a clown a zany sense of humor Syn buffoonish, clownish, clownlike humorous, humourous full of or characterized by humor 3n a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect Hyper buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior 4n a man who is a stupid incompetent fool Syn|Hyper bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool a person who lacks good judgment |
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