maniac
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈmeɪniæk/
- Offensive
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maníaco (ofensivo)
- Looks like we got us a maniac on the loose, huh, sheriff?
So few murderous maniacs add the personal touch.
- So few murderous maniacs add the personal touch.
- I think Donald Trump is a dangerous maniac.
- OK, so to return you have your clubhouse friends screaming away like deranged maniacs.
- And then a woman turns up alive and says she was having sex with a guy and he quote went from a nice gentleman to a damn maniac tried to choke her.
- As to the maniacs that did that horrible thing to our city, to our country, to the world.
- And they made it look like a black, this young black guy running around Brixton or London with his gun and he's just a maniac, right.
Examples
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It's like having some maniac walk through the front door of your house and follow you from room to room and refuse to stop talking.
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We'd already heard about the escaped homicidal maniac on the radio.
Fiction book (1995) -
Jesus, that guy's a maniac.
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Maybe the man she loved was the crazy, funny maniac inside that damaged body.
Fiction book (1999) -
I told you, he drives like a maniac.
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What kind of heartless maniac do you think I am here?
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'What the hell do you think you're doing, you maniac?'
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maniac drove at high speeds through the city, ignoring all traffic signals.
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He laughed like a maniac while throwing papers in the air after winning the game.
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The maniac in the movie caused chaos everywhere he went, frightening everyone in his path.
Synonyms
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6.4
A man who acts very strangely or dangerously and may be mentally ill
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8.6
A person who behaves very strangely and may be dangerous
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6.2
A person who acts in a wild or reckless way
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7.9
A person who acts violently and without control
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9.1
A person who acts in a very angry, dangerous, or unpredictable way
A person who behaves in a very strange and unreasonable way that worries others
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word maniac comes from an old Greek word mania, meaning 'madness' or 'loss of control'. So when it means a dangerous or violent person, it describes someone acting as if they have lost control.