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- Dictionarymaniac/ˈmeɪnɪak/
noun
- 1. a person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour: "when he sits in front of a PlayStation he transforms into a karate-chopping maniac"
- 2. a person suffering from mania. archaic Similar
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MANIAC definition: 1. a person who has a very strong interest in a particular activity: 2. a person who behaves in an…. Learn more.
How to use maniac in a sentence. someone who is or acts mentally unsound; especially : a person who behaves in a wildly foolish, reckless, or dangerous manner… See the full definition
noun. 1. a wild disorderly person. 2. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something. a football maniac. 3. psychiatry obsolete. a person who experiences mania. Collins English Dictionary.
noun. a wild disorderly person. a person who has a great craving or enthusiasm for something. a football maniac. obsolete. psychiatry a person afflicted with mania.
noun. /ˈmeɪniæk/ (informal, sometimes offensive) a person who behaves in a dangerous, violent or wild way and who you think is crazy or strange The use of the word maniac to refer to somebody who has a mental illness is offensive. synonym madman. He was driving like a maniac. a homicidal/knife-wielding maniac. Topics Danger c2.
A maniac is a crazy person. Screaming like a maniac is never a good way to get your point across. Long ago, the word maniac was an official psychiatric term that meant "a patient suffering from mania," or manic disorder, involving a euphoric mood and extreme energy.
Noun. adjective. 1.a. 1526–. Of, relating to, or characterized by mania; belonging to or characteristic of a maniac. 1526. They that vseth it to moche comynly fall in the manyake passyon. Grete Herball cvii. sig. Giii/1. 1728. I..us'd Camphire in Maniac Disorders. Philosophical Transactions 1727–8 (Royal Society) vol. 35 347. 1817.
a person who has an extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for something, to an extent that other people think is not normal synonym fanatic. (psychology) a person suffering from mania a homicidal maniac. maniac adjective [only before noun] a maniac driver/fan/killer See maniac in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: maniac
A maniac is a crazy person who is violent and dangerous. 2. If you describe someone's behavior as maniac , you are emphasizing that it is extremely foolish and uncontrolled.
someone who behaves in an extreme or uncontrolled way: a sex maniac. He drives like a maniac. (Definition of maniac from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of maniac. in Chinese (Traditional) 強烈興趣, 入迷的人，狂熱愛好者, 瘋子… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 强烈兴趣, 入迷的人，狂热爱好者, 疯子… See more. in Spanish.
