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How to pronounce maniac in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lunatic, madman
Type of sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Has types loony, madwoman, nutcase, pyromaniac, bedlamite, crazy, looney, weirdo
Derivation maniacal
Type Words
Synonyms maniacal


a maniacal frenzy.
Type Words
Type of enthusiast, fancier

Examples of maniac

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Just because you're a homicidal maniac doesn't mean you don't need good manners.
From the kentucky.com
I stop for traffic because skateboards are 100% liable even per a maniac driver.
From the ocregister.com
I'm not taking him lightly and like always, I've trained like a maniac for this.
From the express.co.uk
Don't drive like a teenage maniac, even if your cars gets 50 mpg on the highway.
From the techcrunch.com
Judy's Aunt Opal drives like a maniac, and the kids have no visible seat belts.
From the washingtonpost.com
A friend of mine recently went there with some other maniac frontier investors.
From the newsweek.com
Napoleon was a maniac for detail, and one of the first of the Organization Men.
From the time.com
Back in 1967, Audrey Hepburn played a blind girl pursued by a homicidal maniac.
From the time.com
It's hard to walk comfortably around the streets while shivering like a maniac.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
More examples
  • Lunatic: an insane person
  • Maniacal: wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy"
  • A person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something
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