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also maniac
as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
the movie's villain was a just a clichéd axe-wielding nutcase with a maniacal laugh
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That’s given the series a serendipitous story-telling cushion, allowing everyone involved a bit more creative slack to show us how the most maniacal 400-year-old witch to ever haunt the planet got her groove back.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 Sep. 2024
The museum released an 80-second video featuring Lady Gaga, who stars opposite Phoenix’s Joker as his maniacal love interest Harleen Quinzel, bopping through the Louvre’s halls, pointing finger guns at priceless works of art.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Leave it to Lady Gaga to give one of the most famous faces in the world a maniacal makeover.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
In blocking the Joker from his maniacal dissemination of mayhem on the Gotham City streets, the movie all but neutralizes him.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 Sep. 2024
The museum released an 80-second video featuring Lady Gaga, who stars opposite Phoenix’s Joker as his maniacal love interest Harleen Quinzel, bopping through the Louvre’s halls, pointing finger guns at priceless works of art.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Leave it to Lady Gaga to give one of the most famous faces in the world a maniacal makeover.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
In blocking the Joker from his maniacal dissemination of mayhem on the Gotham City streets, the movie all but neutralizes him.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
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Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
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Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
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Galls can begin semisoft but harden with a cracked surface over time, though plants won’t necessarily display symptoms the same season or year they were infected.Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
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In recent years, several stretches of the aqueduct system have been drained to allow replacement of cracked and bulging sections of century-old concrete.Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
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“Maniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maniacal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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