Fred had a twirled mustache and wore an oddly colored suit, but the town's residents simply viewed him as daffy instead of someone to be afraid of.
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psycho -
A person with severe mental health issues, often describing someone who behaves in an erratic or dangerous manner.
She accused him of being a psycho and told him to leave after he repeatedly showed up uninvited and acted innappropriately.
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crank -
Someone who others think has unusual ideas or behaves strangely
Bill was seen as crank by his friends, because of the way he always spoke of the dangers of eating meat and being vaccinated.
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kooky -
Strange and different, in a funny way
Salvador Dali's kooky appearance was only exceeded by his even more bizarre paintings.
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maniac -
Someone who is mentally ill tending towards violent and dangerous behavior.
The film’s villain was portrayed as a ruthless maniac with no regard for human life.
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lunatic -
A person who is crazy
Martha was a defensive driver, to be safer with regards to a possible lunatic behind the wheel of another car.
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zany -
Amusingly unconventional and different
Einstein was unique among geniuses in that he also had a silly and zany side of his personality.
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cantankerous -
Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative
The constant arguing of the cantankerous couple living above Ann always kept her up at night.
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weirdo -
A person whose dress or behavior seems strange
The weirdo kept peeking at everyone from behind the bushes.
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delirious -
In a disturbed state of mind, often due to illness or fever, leading to confusion and hallucinations.
After three sleepless nights, he was delirious and barely able to speak clearly.
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berserk -
To behave in a wild and uncontrolled way as a result of something unexpected happening.
When Anne found out that she had lost all her money as a result of stock fraud, she went berserk, running around the house, screaming and breaking dishes.
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lunacy -
Stupid or crazy ideas or behavior that is likely to have bad results
When Edwin Hubble suggested in 1922 that most of the little dots in the sky are entire galaxies, most scientists thought that the idea was sheer lunacy.
