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balmy
mild and refreshing; soft; soothing; a balmy breeze; producing balm: balmy plants; crazy; foolish; eccentric: a balmy old hermit
Not to be confused with:
barmy – containing or resembling barm, the yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting; frothy: a barmy drink
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balm·y
(bä′mē)adj. balm·i·er, balm·i·est
1. Having the quality or fragrance of balm; soothing.
2. Mild and pleasant: a balmy breeze.
3. Chiefly British Slang Eccentric in behavior.
balm′i·ly adv.
balm′i·ness n.
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balmy
(ˈbɑːmɪ)adj, balmier or balmiest
1. (of weather) mild and pleasant
2. having the qualities of balm; fragrant or soothing
3. a variant spelling of barmy
ˈbalmily adv
ˈbalminess n
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balm•y
(ˈbɑ mi)adj. balm•i•er, balm•i•est.
1. mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
2. Informal. crazy; foolish; eccentric.
[1490–1500]
balm′i•ly, adv.
balm′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | balmy - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, around the bend, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
2. | balmy - mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze" clement - (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather" |
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balmy
adjective
1. mild, warm, calm, moderate, pleasant, clement, tranquil, temperate, summery a balmy summer's evening
mild rough, harsh, stormy, irksome, inclement
mild rough, harsh, stormy, irksome, inclement
2. see barmy
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Translations
بَلْسَمي، مُرَطِّب، مُسَكِّن
libýmírný
balsamherligskøn
hämylempeäleppeäleutorauhoittava
balzsamosbolondosenyhehóbortosillatos
linandi, mÿkjandi
dinlendiriciferahlatıcı
balmy
[ˈbɑːmɪ] ADJ (balmier (compar) (balmiest (superl)))1. (liter) (= soothing) → balsámico
3. = barmy
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balmy
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balm
(baːm) noun something that soothes. The music was balm to my ears.
ˈbalmy adjectiveˈbalminess noun
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balmy
a. balsámico; suave, reparador;
___ sleep → sueño reparador.
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