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- Dictionarymaniacal/məˈnʌɪəkl/
adjective
- 1. exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour: "a maniacal dictator"
- 2. suffering from mania: archaic "maniacal patients"
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A maniacal cry or laugh is loud and wild: He suddenly exploded into maniacal laughter. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Uncontrolled. all hell breaks loose idiom. amok. amuck. corybantic. crazily. like mad idiom. madding. maniacally. non-regulated. out of hand idiom. spread like wildfire idiom. squirrelly. tearaway. unbridled.
The meaning of MANIACAL is affected with or suggestive of madness. How to use maniacal in a sentence.
adjective. of or relating to mania or a maniac. maniacal. / məˈnaɪəkəl; ˈmeɪnɪæk / adjective. affected with or characteristic of mania. characteristic of or befitting a maniac. maniacal laughter.
You can use maniacal to describe almost anything that seems wildly crazy or dangerously out of kilter. I don't even remember what the Beatles played that first time on TV. It's the maniacal screaming from the fans that sticks in my head. No movie villain was ever as maniacal as Jason, in Friday the 13th.
adjective. us / məˈnaɪ.ə.k ə l / uk / məˈnaɪ.ə.k ə l / Add to word list. A maniacal cry or laugh is loud and wild: He suddenly exploded into maniacal laughter. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Uncontrolled. all hell breaks loose idiom. amok. amuck. corybantic. crazily. liberated. like mad idiom. madding. maniacally. non-regulated.
If you describe someone's behaviour as maniacal, you mean that it is extreme, violent, or very determined, as if the person were insane. [disapproval] He was almost maniacal in his pursuit of sporting records. She is hunched forward over the wheel with a maniacal expression.
Definition of maniacal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
