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Maniacal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Suggestive of or afflicted with insanity: a maniacal frenzy.

adj. Characterized by excessive enthusiasm or excitement: a maniacal interest in gambling.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to madness; marked by or manifesting mania; insane; mad: as, a maniacal tendency; maniacal ravings.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. wildly disordered

Word Usage

"Allred, who served 16 years in the House and four years in the Senate, said he was disturbed by the lawmakers self imposed cross over deadline and what he called a maniacal way to pass legislation."

Equivalent

insane

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

maniac

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

manic feral half-suppressed demonic mirthless demoniac fiendish hysterical gleeful uncontrollable