Antonyms for batty

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bat-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt i

sane

Definition of batty

Origin : 1580s, "pertaining to bats," from bat (n.2) + -y (2). Slang sense "nuts, crazy" is attested from 1903, from the expression (to have) bats in (one's) belfry, also meaning "not be right in the head" (1899).

adj crazy

Example sentences :

Either he's batty or else he's pretendin' to be, one or the other.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I had a batty idea that the next whiff of breeze would jar it loose.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

So far as looks went, we were just as batty as Sir Peter with his wooden hat.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

Ma says as how ye could be made into a woman if ye hadn't got batty with birds and things.
Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

Guess I must have sat there, starin' bug-eyed and lookin' batty, from 14th to Wall.
Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

Indeed, I will at once compel Mr. Batty to contradict the report which is afloat.
Extract from : « Grace Darling » by Eva Hope

There's a woman lobbyin' for Burroughs, so they say, and she's got Blair batty!
Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman

The man known as Batty may or may not have been about to answer him.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

“Hello, Batty,” he said as he set the exhibit oscillating with a push of the knee.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

Jack Sydenham sang rarely: so did his other servant, Mr. Batty.
Extract from : « Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2) » by John Aubrey

Synonyms for batty

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019