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单词 maniacal
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Definition of maniacal in English:

maniacal

adjective məˈnʌɪək(ə)l
  • 1Exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour.

    a maniacal dictator
    John burst into maniacal laughter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He just so happened to be involved in a local camera club when he runs into the maniacal miss.
    • They now have a platform to voice their social and political views coupled with catchy, playful, and borderline maniacal music.
    • The other characters are all maniacal, annoying, or plot devices.
    • It's hard to be scared of a maniacal puppet.
    • They both get to play like mysterious, maniacal pixies.
    • He was the film's almost maniacal drill instructor.
    • I worked hard to portray him as less maniacal than he actually is.
    • They do have some chemistry, but the real issue is this maniacal boyfriend.
    • I heard his maniacal giggle across the house, together with the wails of his baby.
    • The entire perfectly edited sequence is like a dream, or a maniacal live-action cartoon.
    1. 1.1informal Exhibiting or denoting obsessive enthusiasm.
      his maniacal obsession with conspiracy theories
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They found themselves confronting a sterility in literature, with its maniacal emphasis on form, which rhymed with progress and the accelerating emphasis on technology.
      • With a single-mindedness that borders on the maniacal, the substitute decides to get to the city somehow and bring the boy back.
      • He has a self-proclaimed maniacal commitment to organic foods.
      • According to his critics, the artist had sacrificed everything to his maniacal desire to show off his drawing.
      • It is obvious that certain outstanding facts about her early life cast her relentlessly maniacal analyses of interpersonal relationships into a much different light.
      • His maniacal obsession with work, and the contained fury of his working methods, are beautifully conveyed.
      • His privacy is his most treasured possession, an obsession that borders on maniacal.
      • He bleats out disjointed, love-affirming clichés like "I'll always be here for you!" with an almost maniacal energy, regardless of context.
      • The players complement each other's maniacal energy with genuine communication and empathy.
      • I enjoy the excess of precision, a kind of maniacal exactitude of language, a descriptive madness.
    2. 1.2Psychiatry archaic Suffering from mania.
      maniacal patients
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Maniacal excitement may be found in a number of psychoses.
      • The nature of the maniacal attacks varies with the period at which they occur.
      • Partial recoveries are also noted, where the patient ceases to be maniacal but exhibits an undue excitability.
      • In typical mania, this is commonly observed, from one to three months prior to the maniacal explosion.
      • The patient may be very irritable, have delusions and hallucinations, and sometimes become maniacal.

Derivatives

  • maniacally

  • adverbməˈnʌɪək(ə)li
    • She had a nearly maniacally determined look in her blue eyes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The boys wave their arms maniacally, directing an ambulance toward an area of wasteland by the side of the road.
      • He charged out of the room, laughing maniacally without waiting to see the aftermath.
      • They are not just fans, they are maniacally fanatic.
      • The game managed to satisfy my need to maniacally blow things up.

Rhymes

demoniacal, megalomaniacal, paradisiacal, zodiacal
 
 

Definition of maniacal in US English:

maniacal

adjectiveməˈnīəkəl
  • 1Exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior.

    a maniacal dictator
    John burst into maniacal laughter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The entire perfectly edited sequence is like a dream, or a maniacal live-action cartoon.
    • They now have a platform to voice their social and political views coupled with catchy, playful, and borderline maniacal music.
    • They do have some chemistry, but the real issue is this maniacal boyfriend.
    • He was the film's almost maniacal drill instructor.
    • I worked hard to portray him as less maniacal than he actually is.
    • They both get to play like mysterious, maniacal pixies.
    • It's hard to be scared of a maniacal puppet.
    • I heard his maniacal giggle across the house, together with the wails of his baby.
    • The other characters are all maniacal, annoying, or plot devices.
    • He just so happened to be involved in a local camera club when he runs into the maniacal miss.
    1. 1.1informal Exhibiting or denoting obsessive enthusiasm.
      his maniacal obsession with conspiracy theories
      Example sentencesExamples
      • According to his critics, the artist had sacrificed everything to his maniacal desire to show off his drawing.
      • His privacy is his most treasured possession, an obsession that borders on maniacal.
      • He bleats out disjointed, love-affirming clichés like "I'll always be here for you!" with an almost maniacal energy, regardless of context.
      • It is obvious that certain outstanding facts about her early life cast her relentlessly maniacal analyses of interpersonal relationships into a much different light.
      • His maniacal obsession with work, and the contained fury of his working methods, are beautifully conveyed.
      • I enjoy the excess of precision, a kind of maniacal exactitude of language, a descriptive madness.
      • With a single-mindedness that borders on the maniacal, the substitute decides to get to the city somehow and bring the boy back.
      • They found themselves confronting a sterility in literature, with its maniacal emphasis on form, which rhymed with progress and the accelerating emphasis on technology.
      • The players complement each other's maniacal energy with genuine communication and empathy.
      • He has a self-proclaimed maniacal commitment to organic foods.
    2. 1.2Psychiatry archaic Suffering from mania.
      maniacal patients
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The nature of the maniacal attacks varies with the period at which they occur.
      • In typical mania, this is commonly observed, from one to three months prior to the maniacal explosion.
      • The patient may be very irritable, have delusions and hallucinations, and sometimes become maniacal.
      • Maniacal excitement may be found in a number of psychoses.
      • Partial recoveries are also noted, where the patient ceases to be maniacal but exhibits an undue excitability.
 
 
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