berserk

Examples

• All

• But he, like the other robots went berserk and he went and haunted down these two guests.

  Adam Savage’s Tested

• My dad would go berserk because women didn't work.

• Jacob stares at the men for a moment and then goes totally berserk.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Parker goes absolutely berserk.

  Fiction book (1996)

• When his favorite team lost the championship, he went berserk and started yelling in frustration.

• The crowd went berserk when the band announced their surprise encore performance.

Synonyms

V

violent

vsberserk

• Offensive

∞ 2.5

Using strong force that causes harm

may be wild and uncontrolled emotionally without physical aggression or harm

M

mad

vsberserk

89 1.3

Very excited and unable to stay calm

is more about losing control from specific anger or excitement

C

crazed

vsberserk

89 5.0

Acting in a wild and uncontrolled way

is losing control from anger or excitement rather than primarily mental illness

R

raging

vsberserk

82 3.9

Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control

is specifically a loss of control with anger or excitement not general intensity

B

ballistic

vsberserk

• Informal

33 6.5

Suddenly becoming very angry or moving very fast

is about being out of control from emotion rather than speed or motion

F

frenzied

vsberserk

22 6.5

Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions

is specifically out of control from anger or excitement rather than calm

M

maniacal

vsberserk

16 8.6

Very wild and out of control, seeming crazy

is driven by anger or excitement rather than implied long term illness

R

raving mad

vsberserk

• Informal

7 7.2

Acting or speaking in a wild, not sensible way

is out of control from anger or excitement rather than clinical insanity

M

maddened

vsberserk

3 5.2

Very angry and acting out of control

is loss of control from anger or excitement rather than anger alone

R

rageful

vsberserk

1 4.8

Feeling very angry and likely to shout or lose control

is not limited to anger but includes extreme excitement as well

M

madding

vsberserk

• Archaic

1 9.9

Wild and noisy in a way that makes people feel upset

is about being out of control emotionally rather than only acted behavior

M

mad as a meat axe

vsberserk

• Archaic

1 9.9

Very angry and acting without thinking

is loss of control from anger or excitement not only furious anger

M

mad with excitement

vsberserk

1 5.3

Very excited and unable to stay calm

is also used when anger causes loss of control not only excitement

R

rampageous

vsberserk

• NSFW

1 9.9

Very violent and likely to destroy things

can be wild and frenzied without involving violence or destruction

H

hysteretic

vsberserk

9.9

Showing extreme, uncontrolled emotion that upsets or frightens others

is the general loss of control including anger not only clinical hysteria

Antonyms

C

calm

680 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

C

controlled

239 3.4

Kept within limits by careful management

How Frenzied

uncontrollable

46 4.9

berserk

37 7.2

furious

206 3.0

angry

∞ 1.0

agitated

84 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology