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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

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.

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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Adj. 1. [画像:balmy - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular]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. [画像:balmy - mild and pleasant]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"

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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balmy¹

adjective

Free from severity or violence, as in movement:

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

balmy²

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.

Translations

بَلْسَمي، مُرَطِّب، مُسَكِّن

libýmírný

balsamherligskøn

heilsam lindernd mild mildernd sanft

hämylempeäleppeäleutorauhoittava

adoucissant

balzsamosbolondosenyhehóbortosillatos

linandi, mÿkjandi

balsamico

deilig mild

ароматный благоуханный нежный

dinlendirici ferahlatıcı

安慰的

balmy

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

1. (liter) (= soothing) → balsámico

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

3. = barmy

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

balmy

[ˈbɑːmi] adj

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

(British) = barmy

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

balmy

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

balmy

[ˈbɑːmɪ] adj

a. (breeze, air) → balsamico/a

b. (Brit) (fam) = barmy

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

balm

(baːm) noun

something that soothes. The music was balm to my ears. balsem بَلْسَم، балсам bálsamo balzám der Balsam balsam βάλσαμο bálsamo palsam مرهم؛ تسکین بخش palsami baume מרגיע मरहम, बाम melem balzsam, gyógyír menenangkan, menyejukkan harmabót, allt sem mÿkir og græðir balsamo 慰め 위안 balzamas mierinājums; remdinājums tenang balsem balsam balsam 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 καταπραϋντικός balsámico mahe آرامبخش؛ مطبوع lempeä adoucissant מרגיע, 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 zacht deilig, mild kojący 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, φροντίδα suavidad mahedus مطبوعیت lempeys adoucissement רוגע सुख blagost, mekoća enyheség, balzsamosság ketenangan linun gentilezza 慰め 향기로움 švelnumas maigums; smaržīgums ketenangan zachtheid deilighet, salighet ukojenie 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

balmy

a. balsámico; suave, reparador;

___ sleep → sueño reparador.

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