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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
Plus, Jeremiah had to still be winded by busting out that extended dance remix of his maniacal villain laugh from back on the beach.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The highlight of the maze was the children’s bedroom scene with moving furniture and a maniacal clown sliding out from underneath the bed.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Wisecracking, cackling mini-maniac Teddy was the daredevil of the group.
—Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The highlight of the maze was the children’s bedroom scene with moving furniture and a maniacal clown sliding out from underneath the bed.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Wisecracking, cackling mini-maniac Teddy was the daredevil of the group.
—Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maniacal
Adjective
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Norman Mailer achieved a similar thing in his non-fiction novel about Gary Gilmore The Executioner’s Song—although, by the time the book was published in 1979, the seedy, psychotic world of Gilmore and his two girlfriends, Nicole and April Baker, hardly came as a revelation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Since its introduction in 2022, only people with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders have had access to the program.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fox News mad that there are so many old white people in America.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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The woman was going to drive him mad.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The sanity phase of his trial began Thursday to determine whether Nicholson was legally insane at the time of the murders.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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This lockdown is insane & disturbing with what happened during our investigation.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The fact that the first two scores of a 43-point final frame — a 2-yard Troy Franklin score for the Broncos and a 41-yard Theo Johnson touchdown for the Giants — each came on deflections might not crack the top five craziest happenings in the final 15 minutes.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, the Live Wire author offered her Instagram followers a glimpse of the crazy crowds that show up to their door on the spooky holiday.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Maniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maniacal. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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