Berserk

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  • adjective. Destructively or frenetically violent.
  • adjective. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged.
  • adjective. Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild.
  • noun. One that is violent, upset, or unrestrained.
  • noun. A berserker.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as berserker.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position.
  • noun. One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
  • noun. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.
  • adjective. Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
  • adjective. frenzied as if possessed by a demon
    • Word Usage
    ""You know he's a Scot; men of that country are" - I tried to think of a good synonym for "berserk" - "most fierce where questions of their honor are concerned.""
    cross-reference
    Úlfhéðinn  
    Equivalent
    berserker  insane  
    Form
    berserker  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Norse  Northman  Scandinavian  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Berk  Burk  Burke  Dirk  Kirk  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    addle  apoplectic  berserker  bonkers  certifiable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Dionysiac  abandoned  amok  bacchic  bellowing  
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