adjective
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informal dreamy or listless
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of or like the moon
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slang crazy or foolish
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Etymology
Origin of moony
Example Sentences
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There’s a look in his eye like a hungry mutt staring at a butcher shop window: pathetic and moony and flummoxed by how to get what he wants.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
The one behind you at a Gelson’s, maybe, who might notice the cottage cheese in your cart and get moony over how creamy it is.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023
You should never fall in love with an investment, getting moony about how well it has done and letting the emotion of past success cloud your judgment and overcome reason.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2021
For anyone who’s followed the company from its rise to the ousting of its moony CEO Adam Neumann and the bungling of its IPO, this marks yet another crack in the company’s polished, perk-filled aesthetic.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2020
I felt sorry for Travis, the youngest and most tender of the bunch, who ate alone and cast piteous, moony looks at Lula.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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