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- Dictionaryberserk/bə(ː)ˈzəːk/
adjective
- 1. out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied: "a man went berserk with an arsenal of guns"
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In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers (Old Norse: berserkir) were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning 'furiously violent or out of control'). Berserkers are attested to in numerous Old Norse sources.
very angry or out of control: My mother will go berserk (= be extremely angry) when she finds out I've ruined her favourite dress. Synonym. possessed (CONTROL) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Angry and displeased. acridly. acrimoniously. aggrieved. amused. fed up to the back teeth idiom. fired up. fit to be tied idiom. fractiously.
The meaning of BERSERK is an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable. How to use berserk in a sentence. Did you know?
What does berserk mean? Berserk describes violent, destructive, or deranged behavior. Berserk frequently describes someone who is acting wild, crazy, or deranged. It is commonly used with forms of the verb go, as in go berserk or went berserk, meaning someone suddenly erupted into a frenzy of angry or violent behavior.
Berserk is another way of saying deranged, destructively violent, or unrestrained — like a wailing toddler ravaging the playroom when he's hopped up on sugar and long overdue for a nap.
6 days ago · berserk (comparative more berserk, superlative most berserk) Furiously , injuriously , or maniacally violent or out of control . After seeing his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a wild animal.
berserk. (bəʳzɜːʳk , -sɜːʳk ) 1. adjective. Berserk means crazy and out of control. He tossed back his head in a howl of berserk laughter. Synonyms: crazy, wild, mad [informal], frantic More Synonyms of berserk. 2. See go berserk. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of berserk adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Filter. adjective. Destructively or frenetically violent. A berserk worker who started smashing all the windows. American Heritage. In or into a state of violent or destructive rage or frenzy. Webster's New World. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged. Berserk with grief. American Heritage.
a warrior (= fighter), especially in old Norse (= Scandinavian) stories, who fights in a very violent and uncontrolled way: The most well-known example of battle rage is the Viking berserker. We don't need to be Berserkers or Kamikaze warriors. Fewer examples.
