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 Definitions for balmy: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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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WordNet (r) 2.0
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balmy
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: 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" [syn: mild]
[also: balmiest, balmier]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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
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