Balmy and Mad

Balmy

Balmy adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back

Mad and balmy are semantically related in ability topic. In some cases you can use "Mad" instead an adjective "Balmy".

Nearby Word: balm

Mad

Mad adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: the man who thinks he's been turned into a bug is clearly mad

Balmy and mad are semantically related in ability topic. Sometimes you can use "Balmy" instead an adjective "Mad".

Nearby Words: madness, madly

Both words in one sentence

  • Making Love in All the Wrong Places Parodied in a MAD parody of Bonnie and Clyde ("Balmy and Clod"), where she repeatedly tries to insist on doing this trope in extremely inconvenient locations (like a Car Chase), which he of course refuses to do, only to culminate in what he calls the worst place of all, which turns out to be a bed.
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