Words similar to lunatic

Example sentences for: lunatic

How can you use “lunatic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The argument is subtle and carefully developed, lacking anything even faintly resembling the wild claims or irrational speculation that a lunatic might produce."
It's a sad reflection on the times that officials of a lunatic system look like capricious gods, whereas righteous journalists are parasites from hell.
The centuries-old word "lunatic" derives from the connection thought to exist between the full moon and madness.
Pans go to the routine, which lacks the requisite "free-associative lunatic spirit" (Jan Stuart, the Chicago Sun-Times ). The Washington Post 's Tom Shales calls Seinfeld "stiff" and the material "painfully familiar."
It's not as groundbreaking as 1994's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain , but it's close: "[T]he music is leaner and cleaner, with lunatic word play that remains an advanced course in pretzel logic" (Chris Nashawaty, Fortune ). The album "redefines the band's stellar status" (Colin Berry, the San Francisco Chronicle ), and vocalist-guitarist Stephen Malkmus delivers not just the expected musical power-punch but dead-on lyrics as well: It's "his most direct statement of purpose ever (in short: Things hurt, and growing up is hard, but kissing helps)" (Joe Levy, Rolling Stone ). (Click here to listen.)