balmy

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.

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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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Thesaurus

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" mild, soft 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

2. see barmy

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balmy ¹

adjective

Free from severity or violence, as in movement:

delicate, faint, gentle, mild, smooth, soft.

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balmy ²

adjective

Slang. So senseless as to be laughable:

absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane, lunatic, mad, moronic, nonsensical, preposterous, silly, softheaded, tomfool, unearthly, zany.

Informal: cockeyed, crazy, loony, loopy.

Slang: dippy, dopey, jerky, sappy, wacky.

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Translations

بَلْسَمي، مُرَطِّب، مُسَكِّن

libýmírný

balsamherligskøn

heilsamlinderndmildmilderndsanft

hämylempeäleppeäleutorauhoittava

adoucissant

balzsamosbolondosenyhehóbortosillatos

linandi, mÿkjandi

balsamico

deiligmild

ароматныйблагоуханныйнежный

dinlendiriciferahlatıcı

安慰的

balmy

[ˈbɑːmɪ] ADJ (balmier (compar) (balmiest (superl)))

1. (liter) (= soothing) → balsámico

2. (= mild) [breeze, air] → suave, cálido

3. = barmy

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balmy

[ˈbɑːmi] adj

[breeze, air] → doux(douce); [evening] → doux(douce)

(British) = barmy

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balmy

adj (+er) (= fragrant) → wohlriechend; (= mild) → sanft, lind (geh); balmy breezes → sanfte Brisen, linde Lüfte (geh)

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balmy

[ˈbɑːmɪ] adj

a. (breeze, air) → balsamico/a

b. (Brit) (fam) = barmy

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balm

(baːm) noun

something that soothes. The music was balm to my ears. balsem بَلْسَم، балсам bálsamo balzám der Balsam balsam βάλσαμοbálsamo palsam مرهم؛ تسکین بخش palsami baumeמרגיע मरहम, बाम melem balzsam, gyógyír menenangkan, menyejukkan harmabót, allt sem mÿkir og græðir balsamo 慰め 위안 balzamas mierinājums; remdinājums tenang balsembalsambalsam ملهم، تسلي بخش bálsamo balsam утешение, бальзам balzam balzam melem balsam, lindring สิ่งที่ช่วยทำให้สงบ teselli, derde deva 撫慰人心的事物 бальзам; насолода بام، خوشبودار مرہم یا لیپ sự xoa dịu 令人感到安慰（或镇定）的事物

ˈbalmy adjective

balsemagtig بَلْسَمي، مُرَطِّب، مُسَكِّن благоуханен suave mírný, libý heilsam herlig; skøn; balsam καταπραϋντικόςbalsámico mahe آرامبخش؛ مطبوع lempeä adoucissantמרגיע, רך ותמים सुखदायक blag, mekan balzsamos sejuk linandi, mÿkjandi balsamico 慰めの 마음을 가라앉히는 malonus, švelnus, kvapnus, raminantis nomierinošs; remdinošs; smaržīgs; maigs (par klimatu) dengan tenang zachtdeilig, mildkojący نرم، خشخور، خوږ (لكه خواږه تماكو)، كراروونكى، مسكن suave îmbălsămat успокоительный upokojujúci, utišujúci blažilen blagotvoran balsamisk, lindrande (สภาพอากาศ) ปลอดโปร่ง ferahlatıcı, dinlendirici 撫慰人心的 бальзамічний; цілющий بام کی خوشبو والا êm dịu 安慰的

ˈbalminess noun

balsemagtigheid تَسْكين، تَرْطيب благоуханност suavidade uklidnění die Milde lindring; balsam καταπράυνση, φροντίδαsuavidad mahedus مطبوعیت lempeys adoucissementרוגע सुख blagost, mekoća enyheség, balzsamosság ketenangan linun gentilezza 慰め 향기로움 švelnumas maigums; smaržīgums ketenangan zachtheiddeilighet, salighetukojenie مطبوعيت suavidade îmbălsămare успокоение upokojenie ublažitev blagotvornost balsamiskhet, balsamisk kvalitet ความปลอดโปร่ง dinlendiricilik 撫慰人心 м'якість بام جیسی خاصیت sự êm dịu 安慰

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balmy

a. balsámico; suave, reparador;

___ sleep → sueño reparador.

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