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单词 maniacal
释义

maniacal

adjective

ma·​ni·​a·​cal mə-ˈnī-ə-kəl How to pronounce maniacal (audio)
variants or less commonly maniac
ˈmā-nē-ˌak How to pronounce maniacal (audio)
1
: affected with or suggestive of madness
maniacal laughter
maniacal energy
a maniacal killer
2
: characterized by ungovernable excitement or frenzy : frantic
a maniacal mob
maniacal fans
maniacally
mə-ˈnī-ə-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce maniacal (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • balmy
  • barmy [chiefly British]
  • bats
  • batty
  • bedlam
  • bonkers
  • brainsick
  • bughouse [slang]
  • certifiable
  • crackbrained
  • cracked
  • crackers
  • crackpot
  • cranky [dialect]
  • crazed
  • crazy
  • cuckoo
  • daffy
  • daft
  • demented
  • deranged
  • fruity [slang]
  • gaga
  • haywire
  • insane
  • kooky
  • kookie
  • loco [slang]
  • loony
  • looney
  • loony tunes
  • looney tunes
  • lunatic
  • mad
  • mental
  • meshuga
  • meshugge
  • meshugah
  • meshuggah
  • moonstruck
  • non compos mentis
  • nuts
  • nutty
  • psycho
  • psychotic
  • scatty [chiefly British]
  • screwy
  • unbalanced
  • unhinged
  • unsound
  • wacko
  • whacko
  • wacky
  • whacky
  • wud [chiefly Scottish]
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Example Sentences

the movie's villain was a just a clichéd axe-wielding nutcase with a maniacal laugh
Recent Examples on the Web What is definitive, though, is just how greatly Tár succeeds in confronting its audience with a prescient issue: how fame and concentrated power beget maniacal and violent creatures. Douglas Greenwood, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2022 Successful digital companies treat great performance as core to their identity and maintain a near-maniacal focus on achieving it. Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 After 7 1/2 years, six seasons, and one of the most maniacal mustached menaces to ever grace a TV screen, Better Call Saulhas finally ended. Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022 George Kittle’s impact on the San Francisco 49ers’ ecosystem is as blatant and emphatic as one of his pancake blocks on the edge, or one of his maniacal charges through opposing secondaries. Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2022 And now whoever is maniacal enough to torture us controls the stereo. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022 The footage promises an ultimate confrontation between Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and the maniacal Myers that will only leave one of them standing. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2022 Gru himself displays throughout Despicable Me while still fitting the carefree, fun-loving, yet borderline-maniacal nature of the adorable Minions. Mark Braboy, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2022 It’s the maniacal focus on existing customers that will help during the tough times. Prayag Narula, Forbes, 11 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

maniacal

adjective

ma·​ni·​a·​cal mə-ˈnī-ə-kəl How to pronounce maniacal (audio)
variants also maniac
ˈmā-nē-ak How to pronounce maniacal (audio)
: manic

maniacal

adjective

variants also maniac
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind the movie's villain was a just a clichéd axe-wielding nutcase with a maniacal laugh

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • psychotic
  • crazed
  • lunatic
  • nuts
  • psycho
  • cracked
  • bats
  • mental
  • looney
  • mad
  • deranged
  • demented
  • unhinged
  • cuckoo
  • insane
  • crazy
  • loony
  • wacko
  • bonkers
  • touched
  • bedlam
  • nutty
  • strange
  • batty
  • wacky
  • daft
  • kooky
  • daffy
  • loco
  • unbalanced
  • gaga
  • frenzied
  • certifiable
  • crackpot
  • haywire
  • screwy
  • around the bend
  • whacky
  • whacko
  • moonstruck
  • barmy
  • bananas
  • crackers
  • nuclear
  • scatty
  • disturbed
  • bughouse
  • paranoid
  • ballistic
  • eccentric
  • depressed
  • brainsick
  • disordered
  • kookie
  • unsound
  • meshuga
  • loony tunes
  • distracted
  • fruity
  • sociopathic
  • neurotic
  • crackbrained
  • cranky
  • out to lunch
  • paranoiac
  • meshuggah
  • looney tunes
  • meshugah
  • delirious
  • raving
  • delusionary
  • balmy
  • loopy
  • schizophrenic
  • fey
  • meshugge
  • schizoid
  • delusional
  • irrational
  • oddball
  • out of one's mind
  • wud
  • dotty
  • off one's rocker
  • obsessed
  • non compos mentis
  • off one's gourd
  • aberrant
  • off one's head
  • out of one's head
  • witless
  • monomaniacal
  • unreasonable
  • paranoic
  • paranoidal
  • frantic
  • berserk
  • foolish
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • pixilated
  • hysterical
  • odd
  • tetched
  • queer
  • off
  • ape
  • monomaniac
  • distraught
  • potty
  • teched
  • amok
  • senseless
  • pixillated
  • hysteric
  • fixated
  • amuck
  • wigged-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sane
  • sound
  • rational
  • reasonable
  • balanced
  • clear
  • normal
  • sensible
  • uncrazy
  • lucid
  • wise
  • compos mentis
  • judicious
  • healthy
  • well-adjusted
  • unneurotic
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