amok

[uh-muhk, uh-mok] / əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk /

ADJECTIVE

haywire

Synonyms

STRONG

berserk nuts psycho screwball

WEAK

amiss batty bonkers chaotic confused cracked crazed defective disordered disorganized erratic flipped in a mess in pieces insane mad messy orderless out of order out of whack out to lunch screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged wacky

ADVERB

frantically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desperately excitedly madly uncontrollably wildly

WEAK

agitatedly berserk crazily franticly hectically helter-skelter hysterically wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly

Example Sentences

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"We aren't getting help. They are just running amok," she says.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

They are almost always intense, with emotions on speed dial and hormones running amok.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Indiana’s rise has happened as college football’s gone sideways, shedding its phony amateurism for something professionalized and completely amok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Now, the rest of them are rejecting the nice guy while Rapaport continues to run amok.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Their carts bang into mine, their children run amok.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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