balmy

balmy
    adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
           to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy},
           {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
           {crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire},
           {kooky}, {kookie}, {loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts},
           {nutty}, {round the bend}, {around the bend}, {wacky},
           {whacky}]
    2: mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was
       mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze" [syn:
       {balmy}, {mild}, {soft}]
    

Balmy \Balm"y\, a.
   1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic;
      assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild; as, balmy weather.
      "The balmy breeze." --Tickell.
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            Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! --Young.
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   2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." --Pope.
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   3. Highly eccentric or crazy. [Informal]

   Syn: batty.
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   Syn: Fragrant; sweet-scented; odorous; spicy; refreshing;
        soothing.
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132 Moby Thesaurus words for "balmy":
      Saturnian, absurd, agreeable, allaying, alleviating, alleviative,
      ambrosial, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, aromatic, assuaging,
      assuasive, balsamic, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, benumbing,
      bland, blooming, blossoming, bonkers, booming, bright, buggy,
      bughouse, bugs, cathartic, cleansing, clear, crackers, crazy,
      cuckoo, daffy, deadening, delightful, demulcent, dippy, dotty,
      dulling, easing, emollient, essenced, exuberant, faint, fair, fat,
      flaky, flipped, flourishing, flowering, flowery, fragrant,
      freaked-out, fruitcakey, fruiting, fruity, gaga, going strong,
      goofy, gratifying, halcyon, harebrained, haywire, in full swing,
      in good case, incense-breathing, insane, just plain nuts, kooky,
      lenient, lenitive, lightening, loony, loopy, mild, mitigating,
      mitigative, musky, numbing, nuts, nutty, odorate, odoriferous,
      odorous, off the hinges, off the track, off the wall, pain-killing,
      palliative, palmy, perfumed, perfumy, piping, pleasant, pleasing,
      potty, preposterous, prospering, purgative, redolent, refreshing,
      rejuvenating, relieving, remedial, restorative, rosy,
      round the bend, savory, scented, screwball, screwballs, screwy,
      silly, slaphappy, sleek, smooth, soft, softening, soothing, spicy,
      subduing, sunny, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thriving,
      thuriferous, vigorous, wacky