Berserk

Quick meaning: Berserk is a noun meaning Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

Meaning

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

More Meanings

1. Bizarre; weird.
2. Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
3. (intransitive) To be or become berserk.
4. (transitive) To make berserk.
5. (historical) Synonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”).

Example Sentences

After seeing his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a wild animal.

When great champions went berserking and were angry, they lost their human nature and went mad like dogs.

The Professor, with his face flushed, his nostrils dilated, and his beard bristling, was now in a proper Berserk mood.

[T]he writer conjured up a dystopian fantasy more berserk than anything you might find yourself listening to in the small hours at the Stone Circle.

Word Forms

• berserks
• berzerk
• berserking
• berserked

Synonyms for berserk

Depending on context, synonyms include berserker, blithe, buoyant, blithesome, bright, cheerful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amok, amuck, insane, possessed, demoniac, demoniacal.

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