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maniac

[mey-nee-ak] / ˈmeɪ niˌæk /


ADJECTIVE
insane, mad
Synonyms


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I’m more aficionado than maniac, but I find them endlessly listenable, rewatchable — they just look great, for one thing — and interesting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

“And I’m not some crazed maniac set out to destroy this nation.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

This isn't just about Hitler being a genocidal maniac, though that really should be reason enough.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2023

But at night, during the annual festivals, he dances like a maniac and whips people with olive branches.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2023

Have you ever tried to sleep while a pint-size maniac is rattling off hundreds of detailed inquiries about the web-spinning mechanisms of the common barn spider?

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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