batty

A bit loopy

Batty means slightly crazy or eccentric, suggesting harmless oddness rather than serious mental disturbance: She's gone a bit batty in her old age.

The word comes from the phrase "bats in the belfry," evoking the image of bats fluttering chaotically in someone's head.

British slang also uses batty as a derogatory term for buttocks or, by extension, a gay man.

eccentric

crazy

Mentally unhinged

  • nuttyEccentric or almond-flavored
  • loopyMildly crazy, informal
  • dottyMildly eccentric, informal

daft · bonkers · crackers · barmy · potty · wacky · screwy · kooky · zany · oddball

chiropteran

winged

Having flight appendages

roost · flight · guano · vampire · wingspan · chiroptera · flying · squeaky · fluttery · leathery

animated

Bartok

Hungarian 20th-century composer

animated · sidekick · comedic · wings · flapping · silly · talking

Categories
Opposites
mental stability and sanity

battysane

Mentally healthy, clearheaded

rational · lucid · reasonable · sensible · sound

behavioral normalcy

battynormal

Conforming to standard

conventional · ordinary · unremarkable · typical · mainstream

Phrases
Family

bat, battery, bats, battiness, battier, battiest

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G