Nutty — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having the flavor of nuts

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈʌɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈʌti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈʌti/

2 syllables Say it as /nˈʌɾi/.

Examples

a nutty sherry
it used to drive my husband balmy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dotty loony nutlike whacky bats loco cracked buggy balmy daft crackers barmy around the bend nuts bonkers batty fruity round the bend kooky kookie loopy haywire wacky

Parts of Speech

adjective	having the flavor of nuts “a nutty sherry”
adjective	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular “it used to drive my husband balmy”

Word Forms

nut	noun	usually large hard-shelled seed
daftness	noun	informal terms for insanity
kook	noun	someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
loon	noun	a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

nussig

mit dem Geschmack von Nüssen

🇫🇷French

noisette

ayant le goût de noix

🇪🇸Spanish

de nuez

teniendo el sabor de las nueces

🇮🇹Italian

nocciolato

avendo il sapore delle noci

🇳🇱Dutch

nootachtig

met de smaak van noten

🇵🇹Portuguese

maluco

tendo sabor de nozes

🇷🇺Russian

сумасшедший

имеющий вкус орехов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अखरोट के स्वाद का

मेवों का स्वाद होना

🇧🇩Bengali

বাদাম

বাদামের স্বাদ আছে

🇮🇳Tamil

நட்டு

கொட்டைகளின் சுவை கொண்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

నట్టి

గింజల రుచిని కలిగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

नटी

काजू चव येत

🇮🇳Gujarati

મીંજવાળું

અખરોટનો સ્વાદ ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಡಿಕೆ

ಬೀಜಗಳ ಪರಿಮಳವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരിപ്പ്

അണ്ടിപ്പരിപ്പിൻ്റെ രുചി ഉള്ളത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਿਰੀਦਾਰ

ਗਿਰੀਦਾਰ ਦਾ ਸੁਆਦ ਹੋਣ

🇵🇰Urdu

گری دار میوے

گری دار میوے کا ذائقہ ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疯狂的

有坚果的味道

🇯🇵Japanese

ナッツっぽい

ナッツの風味がある

🇰🇷Korean

멋진

견과류 맛이 나면서

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hấp dẫn

có hương vị của các loại hạt

🇹🇭Thai

บ๊อง

มีรสชาติของถั่ว

🇮🇩Indonesian

pedas

memiliki rasa kacang

🇲🇾Malay

pedas

mempunyai rasa kacang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جوزي

وجود نكهة المكسرات

🇮🇷Persian

آجیل

داشتن طعم آجیل

🇹🇷Turkish

çılgın

fındık tadında

🇮🇱Hebrew

אֱגוֹזִי

בעל טעם של אגוזים

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