Meaning

2 senses
  1. Characterized by mania or craziness; wicked.

    übersteigert, überdreht, überschäumend

    маниака́льныйmaniakálʹnyj

  2. Suffering from mania (the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels).

    manisch, maniakalisch

    маниака́льныйmaniakálʹnyj

More definitions
  • affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Mennad's antidepressant made him extremely manic.

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  2. Stefan heard manic footsteps hitting the concrete.

  3. Mennad was going through an angry manic state.

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  4. I've been manic before, and ended up homeless.

  5. Tom has periods of debilitating depression followed by bursts of manic activity.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness:
suffering from mania:

Origin

From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Compare maniac.

From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Compare maniac.

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Forms

more manic, most manic
Comparativemore manic Lesson
Superlativemost manic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason:frenzied

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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