Berserk - English meaning

adverb

To be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner

Usage examples:

The soldiers ran amok after one of their senior officers was killed., the two dogs ran amok in a sc…

adjective

Insane or wildly out of control.

Usage examples:

A crazed killer

verb

Make (someone) insane or wildly out of control.

Usage examples:

Crazed by hunger, the population began to turn on the rebels

adjective

Behaving wildly

Usage examples:

His baseball glove is among the objects crazed collectors want to buy.

adjective

Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.

Usage examples:

Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

I've been crazy busy

noun

A mad person.

Usage examples:

Keep that crazy away from me

adjective

Suffering from dementia.

adjective

Mentally ill

adjective

Very angry; furious.

Usage examples:

An enraged mob screamed abuse

verb

Make (someone) very angry.

Usage examples:

The students were enraged at these new rules

verb

Past simple and past participle of enrage

Usage examples:

Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents., he was enraged a…

adjective

Distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

Usage examples:

She was frantic with worry

adjective

Done in a very great hurry and often in a state of excitement or confusion

Usage examples:

Rescuers made frantic efforts to dig out people buried by the mudslide., when his wife arrived at t…

adjective

Urgent and involving a lot of activity

Usage examples:

There have been frantic attempts by central banks to restore order on the exchanges., more than 240…

adjective

Wildly excited or uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

A frenzied attack

adjective

Uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent

Usage examples:

The office was a scene of frenzied activity this morning., as the evening wore on the dancing got m…

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

adjective

In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.

Usage examples:

He had gone insane

adjective

Extremely unreasonable, or mentally ill

Usage examples:

You’d have to be insane to spend $200 on dinner!, fisher went insane and had to be hospitalized.

adjective

Exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour.

Usage examples:

A maniacal dictator

adjective

A maniacal cry or laugh is loud and wild

Usage examples:

He suddenly exploded into maniacal laughter.

adjective

(in psychiatry) relating to or affected by mania.

Usage examples:

The manic interludes in depression

adjective

Excited or anxious in a way that causes a lot of physical activity

Usage examples:

She was a manic talker.

preposition

Short for of, used to represent a pronunciation.

Usage examples:

A cup o' coffee

abbreviation

Ortho-.

Usage examples:

O -xylene

suffix

Forming chiefly informal or slang variants or derivatives such as beano, wino.

adjective

Showing rage.

Usage examples:

A raging bull

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

adjective

Very severe or extreme

Usage examples:

A raging toothache, a raging thirst, he's got a raging (= high) temperature., a raging bore, a ragi…

noun

Irrational or incoherent talk.

Usage examples:

The ravings of a madwoman

adjective

Used to emphasize a particular quality.

Usage examples:

She'd never been a raving beauty

verb

Talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad.

Usage examples:

Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost

adjective

Not controllable.

Usage examples:

Her brother had an uncontrollable temper

adjective

Too strong or violent to be controlled

Usage examples:

An uncontrollable temper, i felt an uncontrollable desire to sit down., he was laughing uncontrolla…

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

collocation

Brought to a state of great tension

adjective

Very worried, nervous, or angry

Usage examples:

She gets pretty wound up before a game.