Amok

Quick meaning: Amok is an adverb meaning Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.

Meaning

Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.

More Meanings

1. In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
2. The act of running amok.
3. Synonym of run amok.
4. (Cambodia) A kind of Southeast Asian curry steamed in banana leaves native to Cambodia.
5. One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.

Example Sentences

It is true, I […] might have run “amok” against society; but I preferred that society should run “amok” against me, it being the desperate party.

Among the ancients these would have been looked upon as heroes or demigods who sacrificed themselves for their country. Here it is simply said--they made "amok."

One morning, as we were sitting at breakfast, Mr. Carter's servant informed us that there was an "Amok" in the village--in other words, that a man was "running a muck."

On the morning of the amok this person met him, and asked him to work at his boat “He replied that he could not, he was very much afflicted.”[…]The amok took place on the 8th, the trial on the 13th, and the execution on the 15th July,—all within eight days.

Word Forms

• amock
• amoks
• amoking
• amoked

Synonyms for amok

Depending on context, synonyms include insane, berserk, possessed, amuck, demoniac, demoniacal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amuck, murderously, insane, berserk, possessed, demoniac.

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