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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
rather than ostracizing them, the British seem to cherish their nutters
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as in lunatic
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
read conspiracy theories from some nutter on the Internet
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Recent Examples of nutter
Its founder was not a member of Congress but Paul Weyrich, a hard-right nutter with theocratic leanings with a fair claim to being the Johnny Appleseed of the New Right, having also co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
Westwood was a real original—even a nutter in some ways.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
Other cyclists and the governing bodies of competitive cycling have all but called Landis a complete nutter.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
Lloyd Hansen is his exit strategy, and this nutter will stop at nothing to snuff Six and steal the drive.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 July 2022
Out here in Iowa, Papist nutter Rick Santorum — now accompanied on the campaign trail by the ridiculous Duggar clan, the famous cable-television pullulators — has made this quite clear, over and over again.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 3 Jan. 2012
Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
Westwood was a real original—even a nutter in some ways.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
Other cyclists and the governing bodies of competitive cycling have all but called Landis a complete nutter.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
Lloyd Hansen is his exit strategy, and this nutter will stop at nothing to snuff Six and steal the drive.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 July 2022
Out here in Iowa, Papist nutter Rick Santorum — now accompanied on the campaign trail by the ridiculous Duggar clan, the famous cable-television pullulators — has made this quite clear, over and over again.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 3 Jan. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutter
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My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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When the police eventually approached her because of her drunken behavior, Dynevor decided not to break character.Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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In the teaser, David says that every single person is a narcissistic psychopath on this show.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
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Gibson is making 1991’s Dexter his own, Brown said, by thriving in the complex mask-work that’s required to play a lethal psychopath learning to conceal his still-emerging condition.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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Isaiah Stewart has become a defensive maniac as a full-time center.Fred Katz, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Whiplash Watch on Netflix Photo: Courtesy of TIFF Woman of the Hour Year: 2024 Runtime: 1h 35m Director: Anna Kendrick One of the best thrillers of 2024 also marks the directorial debut of Anna Kendrick, who stars as a woman who had a brush with a maniac.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Another disaster might make the Steelers or any team fools for casting their lot with Pickens.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Wednesday’s game could be a Finals preview, but predicting June’s outcomes in January feels like a fool’s errand.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Texturally, the series is best categorized as a psycho-thriller, but the design of the episodes is never redundant.WIRED, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
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Another summer, another hook-wielding psycho killer — and maybe some familiar faces too.Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023
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“Nutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutter. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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