Meaning

Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone).
2. Feebly sentimental; gushy.
3. Similar to a spoon.
4. (informal) A foolish, simple, or silly person.
5. (informal) A foolishly amorous person.
6. (slang) Alternative form of spoonie (“person with chronic illness or disability”).

Example Sentences

"She—silly child—is spoony, I think, on that cousin of her's, Dalrymple—he, I believe, is spoony on her."

‘They all laugh at you, you know. They say you're spoony on me.’

Even if they were absolutely spoony for each other it was difficult to imagine either of them taking that first scary step toward romance.

That is why we decline to publish any of the letters and verses which Mr. Pen wrote at this period of his life, out of mere regard for the young fellow’s character. They are too spooney and wild.

That's a very spoony fork.

Major Pendennis, when the offer of the commission was acknowledged and refused, wrote back a curt and somewhat angry letter to the widow, and thought his nephew was rather a spooney.

Occasionally, a Fascinating Lady catches a rich spoony whom she can manage and control. In that case, she continues to have all her whims fully gratified until Mr. Spoony's fortune is exhausted, and the creditors carry off the off the nice furniture.

Word Forms

• spoonier
• spooniest
• spooney
• spoonie
• spoonies

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