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also maniac
as in psychotic
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
The show's maniacal villain has no method to his madness.
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Recent Examples of maniacal
This would fit with larger trends, because both Dell and Nutanix are maniacal about customer experience.
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Matt Kimball, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Emerging from the darkness within the sewer, Pennywise erupts into maniacal laughter.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 May 2025
Only here, the goal was more lighthearted and the audience did succeed in freeing the performers from the clutches of a exaggeratedly maniacal owner.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Leave it to Cage’s maniacal intensity to make a sunny, wide-open seaside locale feel claustrophobic.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 May 2025
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Matt Kimball, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Emerging from the darkness within the sewer, Pennywise erupts into maniacal laughter.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 May 2025
Only here, the goal was more lighthearted and the audience did succeed in freeing the performers from the clutches of a exaggeratedly maniacal owner.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Leave it to Cage’s maniacal intensity to make a sunny, wide-open seaside locale feel claustrophobic.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maniacal
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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In the ’60s, my grandma came straight to Los Angeles from Mississippi with mad kids.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Sit down in Geneva or Vienna or Qatar and fully and permanently surrender this mad nightmare to acquire nukes, or face more of the same devastation.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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If 51% of the population is being so underserved, the ratio to opportunity is insane.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2023
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Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.—
Calie Schepp,
EW.com,
6 Feb. 2023
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“Maniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maniacal. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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