maniacal

ma·ni·a·cal

M0079700 (mə-nī′ə-kəl) also ma·ni·ac (mā′nē-ăk′)adj.1. Suggestive of or afflicted with extreme mental derangement: a maniacal frenzy.2. Characterized by excessive enthusiasm or excitement: a maniacal interest in gambling.3. Wildly irresponsible: maniacal drivers.

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ma·ni′a·cal·ly adv.

maniacal

(məˈnaɪəkəl) adj1. (Psychiatry) affected with or characteristic of mania2. characteristic of or befitting a maniac: maniacal laughter. maˈniacally adv

ma•ni•a•cal

(məˈnaɪ ə kəl)

adj. of or pertaining to mania or a maniac. [1670–80] ma•ni′a•cal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

maniacal - wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy"maniacinsane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

maniacal

manicadjective crazed, mad, crazy (informal), insane, wild, raving, frenzied, neurotic, lunatic, psychotic, demented, unbalanced, nutty (slang), deranged, berserk, gonzo (slang) She is hunched over the wheel with a maniacal expression.

maniacal

adjectiveAfflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.Chiefly British: crackers.Law: non compos mentis.Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

Translations

maniaquemaniaco