pyromaniac
/ˌpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak
/noun
A person suffering from pyromania: a ten-year-old pyromaniac...
- The national press has been pushing stories about arsonist and pyromaniacs and the need to instil harsher penalties.
- Long into the night this chicken burned, spitting sparks and smoke, a beacon for pyromaniacs and madmen everywhere.
- But he never took the blame, fingering those fictitious pyromaniacs.
Synonyms
arsonist, incendiary, firebomber;
British fire-raiser
informal firebug, pyro
North American informal torch
Derivatives
pyromaniacal
- The pyromaniacal Lord Watson is back on the streets.
- Every week, a different country showcases its pyromaniacal pride.
- Is there any reagent more pyromaniacal than dimethyl zinc?
Rhymes
- final salary pension scheme
- final salary scheme
- final solution
- finance
- finance bill
- finance company
- finance director
- finance house
- financial
- financial adviser
- financial analyst
- financial backer
- financial intermediary
- financialization
- financially
- financial modeling
- financial modeller
- financial modelling
- financial planner
- financial services
- undeservingly
- undesignated
- undesigned
- undesignedly
- undesirability