[syn: balmy, mild, soft]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Balmy \Balm"y\, a.
1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic;
assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild; as, balmy weather.
"The balmy breeze." --Tickell.
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Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! --Young.
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2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." --Pope.
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3. Highly eccentric or crazy. [Informal]
Syn: batty.
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Syn: Fragrant; sweet-scented; odorous; spicy; refreshing;
soothing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
balmy
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy,
bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked,
crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire,
kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts,
nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky,
whacky]
2: mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was
mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze" [syn:
balmy, mild, soft]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "balmy":
Saturnian, absurd, agreeable, allaying, alleviating, alleviative,
ambrosial, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, aromatic, assuaging,
assuasive, balsamic, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, benumbing,
bland, blooming, blossoming, bonkers, booming, bright, buggy,
bughouse, bugs, cathartic, cleansing, clear, crackers, crazy,
cuckoo, daffy, deadening, delightful, demulcent, dippy, dotty,
dulling, easing, emollient, essenced, exuberant, faint, fair, fat,
flaky, flipped, flourishing, flowering, flowery, fragrant,
freaked-out, fruitcakey, fruiting, fruity, gaga, going strong,
goofy, gratifying, halcyon, harebrained, haywire, in full swing,
in good case, incense-breathing, insane, just plain nuts, kooky,
lenient, lenitive, lightening, loony, loopy, mild, mitigating,
mitigative, musky, numbing, nuts, nutty, odorate, odoriferous,
odorous, off the hinges, off the track, off the wall, pain-killing,
palliative, palmy, perfumed, perfumy, piping, pleasant, pleasing,
potty, preposterous, prospering, purgative, redolent, refreshing,
rejuvenating, relieving, remedial, restorative, rosy,
round the bend, savory, scented, screwball, screwballs, screwy,
silly, slaphappy, sleek, smooth, soft, softening, soothing, spicy,
subduing, sunny, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thriving,
thuriferous, vigorous, wacky