raving maniac
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raving — ravingly, adv. /ray ving/, adj. 1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied: a raving maniac. 2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable: a raving beauty. adv. 3. furiously or wildly: a remark that made me raving mad. n. 4. Usually, ravings. a.… … Universalium
raving — rav•ing [[t]ˈreɪ vɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) talking wildly; delirious: a raving maniac[/ex] 2) extraordinary in degree: a raving beauty[/ex] 3) cvb furiously; wildly: raving mad[/ex] 4) cvb Usu., ravings. incoherent or extravagant talk … From formal English to slang
Maniac — Ma ni*ac, a. [F. maniaque. See {Mania}.] Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maniac — ma ni*ac, n. A raving lunatic; a madman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raving — Synonyms and related words: Dionysiac, abandoned, afebrile delirium, amok, anarchic, angry, babble, babbling, bacchic, balderdash, beaming, bellowing, berserk, blooming, bluster, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous, bombast, brainstorm,… … Moby Thesaurus
maniac — /may nee ak /, n. 1. a raving or violently insane person; lunatic. 2. any intemperate or overly zealous or enthusiastic person: a maniac when it comes to details. adj. 3. maniacal. [1595 1605; < ML maniacus of, pertaining to madness. See MANIA,… … Universalium
maniac — /ˈmeɪniæk / (say mayneeak) noun 1. Colloquial a person exhibiting wild or violent behaviour, especially one viewed as suffering mental illness. 2. Psychiatry Obsolete a person suffering from mania. 3. Colloquial a person with a great passion or… …
maniac — Synonyms and related words: aliene, batty, bedlamite, berserk, borderline case, crackbrain, cracked, crackpot, crazed, crazy, delirious, dement, demented, demoniac, deranged, energumen, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake, fou, frantic, freak … Moby Thesaurus
maniac — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. madman (see insanity). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lunatic, insane person, crazy person; see madman , psychopath . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. madman, lunatic, psychotic, *psycho, psychopath,… … English dictionary for students
maniac — I. n. Madman, lunatic, bedlamite, insane person, crack. II. a.; (also maniacal) Mad, insane, raving, deranged, demented … New dictionary of synonyms
maniac — n 1. madman, lunatic, Sl. loony, Inf. crackpot, Sl. kook, Sl. nut, Sl. screwball, bedlamite; psychotic, Sl. sickie, psychopath, schizophrenic, Sl. schizo; paranoiac, Psychiatry. manic depressive, Psychiatry. megalomaniac, pyromaniac, Psychol.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
