megalomaniac

noun

as in jerk
a person who believes that he or she has unlimited power or importance Their CEO is a real megalomaniac who feels she can partake in any luxury with the company's profits.

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Recent Examples of megalomaniac Stark, having been elected governor and already well along in his fateful descent from an idealistic man of the people to an entirely corrupt megalomaniac, is on the way to visit his childhood home. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 And leading the country is a megalomaniac — Anthony Starr’s always riveting Homelander — who might be going insane. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026 Trump has a child’s attention span, a megalomaniac’s urge for a ribbon cutting before his term ends, zero willingness to listen to anyone who doesn not agree with him, and — most of all — an unshakable belief that his taste and judgment is far better than any arts commission’s. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026 Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 There are still many in this country who value truth, who believe that history should be preserved and not erased, who understand that constitutional rights should not be swept away to suit the whims of a megalomaniac, and who refuse to wallow in ignorance and hate. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026 Pierre Bergé called me a megalomaniac and threw me out the next season. — James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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  1. jerk
  2. heel
  3. clown
  4. joker
Noun
  • Led and inspired by Chef Wayne Sharpe, this fast Jamaican restaurant serves iconic island meals like jerk chicken, jerk shrimp, vegan jerk, pineapple plantains, rice and peas, and Jamaican patties.
    — Alexandra Phelps July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Bates plans to expand that menu in the new brick-and-mortar restaurant, adding dishes like jerk catfish pasta and Louisiana Cajun cream sauce over dirty rice.
    — Joey Schamber, jsonline.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of jerk
Noun
  • Jiuta Wainiqolo saved the ball from going out in his 22 with Duhan van der Merwe on his heels and wheeled upfield.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • At the Casa, everything is crafted by hand and shopgoers can take their pick between varying heel heights and a rainbow of colors.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 17 July 2026
Definition of heel
Noun
  • Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The group demonstrated near the Washington Monument and was met by a few counter protestors, one of which played clown music throughout the majority of the demonstration.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of clown
Noun
  • Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Definition of joker

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