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Definition of crackpot in English: crackpotnoun ˈkrakpɒtˈkrækˌpɑt informal An eccentric or foolish person. people who claim famous past identities are usually dismissed as crackpots Example sentencesExamples - These women aren't crackpots or die-hard new-agers, however.
- It's a site dedicated to ‘cranks, crackpots, kooks, and loons on the Web.’
- The good news is, the crackpots are planning to get together at a conference.
- Then there are crackpots and malcontents, and people who have been genuinely burned by the Bahamian experience.
- The sign likened protest zones to ‘a safe haven for crackpots.’
- But Stein trots out his definition of a writer as if belonging to this group of crackpots is something to be proud of.
- I seem to be the risk-free venture with certain crackpots.
- Interesting to know the science and/or psychology behind the crackpots and their talking pots.
- You're the people who've got criminal crackpots sitting on human-rights panels.
- People on either side of this ‘argument’ are not crackpots; they are people with opinions, just like Harvey.
- Of course crackpots with guns aren't a uniquely American problem.
- I know who these crackpots are and I couldn't be happier that somebody is standing up to them.
- Now, the left-wing crackpots are finally having their moments in the sun.
- We wondered if our neighbors would think it was the work of crackpots.
- He worked for the Institute, home to various right-wing crackpots.
- Even the crackpots who vented at him received polite and gracious counter-arguments.
- Most of them are not wealthy or trained or competent, and a lot are just crackpots.
- They can make even the most demented crackpots seem so… civilized.
- There George, who appears throughout as himself, interviews a series of crackpots and misfits.
- There have always been conspiracy crackpots; nothing new there.
Synonyms eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, maverick, deviant, pervert, misfit, hippy, dropout
adjectiveˈkrakpɒtˈkrækˌpɑt informal attributive Eccentric; impractical. his head's full of crackpot ideas Example sentencesExamples - The reality is that every crackpot idea in the history of science has been defended on this very same basis.
- ‘They are very interested in ideas but as Edward said, not in crackpot ones,’ continued Kathy.
- The circus is coming, and it has nothing to do with soleil, shriners or tormented crackpot elephants!
- It is full of absurd would-be lovers, quick-witted opportunists, cold-hearted villains and crackpot eccentrics.
- These guys didn't get to be where they are by accepting every crackpot idea that came along.
- Whatever the reason, London needs plenty more crackpot ideas to keep it moving.
- The movie program isn't just some fly-by-night crackpot invention, either.
- It wasn't me that raised this crackpot idea, was it?
- He'll be lucky to get any established writers on board with that crackpot policy.
- I can't be micromanaging every crackpot decision of a hyperactive home secretary.
- However, such delusions of grandeur are not confined to crackpot monarchs.
- Hypnotism was to the Victorians what energy is to the New Age: a catch-all explanation for crackpot beliefs.
- But the blogosphere's tendency toward crackpot theorizing could not be suppressed for long.
- She wants you to believe that crackpot story because she knows something else; something that she's not willing to tell.
- People are allowed to believe whatever they like, and listen to whatever crackpot they choose.
- You better not be going to see those crackpot friends of yours!
- Here is a typically maddening and illuminating specimen of Pasolini's sublime, crackpot antimodernism.
- There are votes in environmental policy, no matter how crackpot or expensive.
- The Paranoia Hotline was set up specifically for such crackpot allegations you know.
- Israel and the U.S. already have officially rejected this crackpot theory.
Synonyms unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, demented, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, raving mad, lunatic, out of one's head, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic Definition of crackpot in US English: crackpotnounˈkrakˌpätˈkrækˌpɑt informal An eccentric or foolish person. Example sentencesExamples - Of course crackpots with guns aren't a uniquely American problem.
- Interesting to know the science and/or psychology behind the crackpots and their talking pots.
- Then there are crackpots and malcontents, and people who have been genuinely burned by the Bahamian experience.
- But Stein trots out his definition of a writer as if belonging to this group of crackpots is something to be proud of.
- There George, who appears throughout as himself, interviews a series of crackpots and misfits.
- Now, the left-wing crackpots are finally having their moments in the sun.
- The good news is, the crackpots are planning to get together at a conference.
- We wondered if our neighbors would think it was the work of crackpots.
- People on either side of this ‘argument’ are not crackpots; they are people with opinions, just like Harvey.
- He worked for the Institute, home to various right-wing crackpots.
- Most of them are not wealthy or trained or competent, and a lot are just crackpots.
- I know who these crackpots are and I couldn't be happier that somebody is standing up to them.
- These women aren't crackpots or die-hard new-agers, however.
- You're the people who've got criminal crackpots sitting on human-rights panels.
- It's a site dedicated to ‘cranks, crackpots, kooks, and loons on the Web.’
- The sign likened protest zones to ‘a safe haven for crackpots.’
- They can make even the most demented crackpots seem so… civilized.
- I seem to be the risk-free venture with certain crackpots.
- There have always been conspiracy crackpots; nothing new there.
- Even the crackpots who vented at him received polite and gracious counter-arguments.
Synonyms eccentric, oddity, odd fellow, unorthodox person, individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, bohemian, maverick, deviant, pervert, misfit, hippy, dropout
adjectiveˈkrakˌpätˈkrækˌpɑt informal Eccentric; impractical. his head's full of crackpot ideas Example sentencesExamples - Hypnotism was to the Victorians what energy is to the New Age: a catch-all explanation for crackpot beliefs.
- However, such delusions of grandeur are not confined to crackpot monarchs.
- It is full of absurd would-be lovers, quick-witted opportunists, cold-hearted villains and crackpot eccentrics.
- The movie program isn't just some fly-by-night crackpot invention, either.
- You better not be going to see those crackpot friends of yours!
- Israel and the U.S. already have officially rejected this crackpot theory.
- The circus is coming, and it has nothing to do with soleil, shriners or tormented crackpot elephants!
- It wasn't me that raised this crackpot idea, was it?
- Here is a typically maddening and illuminating specimen of Pasolini's sublime, crackpot antimodernism.
- She wants you to believe that crackpot story because she knows something else; something that she's not willing to tell.
- These guys didn't get to be where they are by accepting every crackpot idea that came along.
- The Paranoia Hotline was set up specifically for such crackpot allegations you know.
- People are allowed to believe whatever they like, and listen to whatever crackpot they choose.
- ‘They are very interested in ideas but as Edward said, not in crackpot ones,’ continued Kathy.
- He'll be lucky to get any established writers on board with that crackpot policy.
- There are votes in environmental policy, no matter how crackpot or expensive.
- The reality is that every crackpot idea in the history of science has been defended on this very same basis.
- Whatever the reason, London needs plenty more crackpot ideas to keep it moving.
- I can't be micromanaging every crackpot decision of a hyperactive home secretary.
- But the blogosphere's tendency toward crackpot theorizing could not be suppressed for long.
Synonyms unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, demented, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare, raving mad, lunatic, out of one's head, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic |