3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Balmy \Balm"y\, a. 1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild; as, balmy weather. "The balmy breeze." --Tickell. [1913 Webster] Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! --Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Highly eccentric or crazy. [Informal] Syn: batty. [PJC] Syn: Fragrant; sweet-scented; odorous; spicy; refreshing; soothing. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: balmy adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {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" [syn: {mild}] [also: {balmiest}, {balmier}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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
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