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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.
The meaning of MANIAC is someone who is or acts mentally unsound; especially : a person who behaves in a wildly foolish, reckless, or dangerous manner. How to use maniac in a sentence.
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.
If you describe someone's behaviour as maniac, you are emphasizing that it is extremely foolish and uncontrolled. A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph. American English : maniac / ˈmeɪniæk /
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.
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.
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.
Maniac definition: A psychotic or otherwise mentally ill person who exhibits violent or bizarre behavior. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.