Berserk
adjective
Out of control with anger or excitement.
He went berserk when he found out that he lost his job.
Often appears as...
- go berserk
- drive someone berserk
adjective
Marked by wild or frenzied behavior suggestive of sudden mental imbalance.
The crowd went berserk when the rock star came on stage.
Often appears as...
- drive someone berserk
- go completely berserk
adjective
Wild or frenzied in activity.
The berserk wind madly scattered the fallen leaves.
Often appears as...
- a berserk storm
- a berserk frenzy
Usage tips
Poetic
adjective
Out of control with anger or excitement.
He went berserk when he found out that he lost his job.
Often appears as...
- go berserk
- drive someone berserk
adjective
Marked by wild or frenzied behavior suggestive of sudden mental imbalance.
The crowd went berserk when the rock star came on stage.
Often appears as...
- drive someone berserk
- go completely berserk
adjective
Wild or frenzied in activity.
The berserk wind madly scattered the fallen leaves.
Often appears as...
- a berserk storm
- a berserk frenzy
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Reaction
Use 'berserk' to describe a very extreme and often violent reaction to something.
She went berserk when her favorite vase was shattered.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Tone
'Berserk' is common in casual, conversational settings rather than formal writing.
If my brother eats my cake, I'll go berserk!
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
'Berserk' implies a loss of control and is usually seen in a negative light.
The manager went berserk during the meeting, which was unsettling.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Reaction
Use 'berserk' to describe a very extreme and often violent reaction to something.
She went berserk when her favorite vase was shattered.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Tone
'Berserk' is common in casual, conversational settings rather than formal writing.
If my brother eats my cake, I'll go berserk!
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
'Berserk' implies a loss of control and is usually seen in a negative light.
The manager went berserk during the meeting, which was unsettling.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Reaction
Use 'berserk' to describe a very extreme and often violent reaction to something.
She went berserk when her favorite vase was shattered.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Tone
'Berserk' is common in casual, conversational settings rather than formal writing.
If my brother eats my cake, I'll go berserk!
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implication
'Berserk' implies a loss of control and is usually seen in a negative light.
The manager went berserk during the meeting, which was unsettling.
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How social media can...
by the summer in the middle of the general campaign he said I've thought about the issue more I've changed my mind I'm gonna vote for this bill and many of his own supporters on his own site went very public berserk it was Senator Obama when they created it they changed the name later please get Feist so right within days of
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
In experimental feeding in monkeys you can see that it actually downregulates a specific immune system modulator. The result is that what kills you is not the virus directly, but your own immune system overreacting, saying, "Whatever this is so foreign I'm going berserk." The most of the deaths
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
that full moon and in the next full moon and during that period the males go absolutely berserk because the the females are in E stress and they roaring and they're shouting and screaming to the world and chasing each other around and that is done that has done
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Pointing to the future...
It wasn't just a matter of tuning up some graphics routines. There were no graphics routines. There were no mouse drivers. So it was a necessity. But in the quarter-century since then, we've seen all of the fundamental supporting technologies go berserk.
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Clay Shirky: How...
I'm going to vote for this bill." And many of his own supporters on his own site went very publicly berserk. It was Senator Obama when they created it. They changed the name later. "Please get FISA right." Within days of this group being created
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Adam Spencer: Why I fell...
The room went berserk -- as Frank Nelson Cole sat down, having delivered the only talk in the history of mathematics with no words. He admitted afterwards it wasn't that hard to do. It took focus. It took dedication.
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Holly Morris: Why stay...
was going berserk, and the closer I got, the more frenetic it became, and frantic. My God. I was there covering the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident, as you can see by the look on my face,
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The hidden meanings of...
completes it. Yin is the inside space of a cup; it wouldn't be a cup without it. Yang is the cup. The coffee's heat, however, is yang, and its blackness is yin. Yang goes berserk sometimes,
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Can we build AI without...
at a minimum. So it seems that even mere rumors of this kind of breakthrough could cause our species to go berserk. Now, one of the most frightening things, in my view, at this moment,
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Whole New Dog's Life PIPE...
my life has been way of like actually looking at life this is the best part of my day you know wasn't a completely different place in my head carmine Jackie went berserk on each
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How social media can...
by the summer in the middle of the general campaign he said I've thought about the issue more I've changed my mind I'm gonna vote for this bill and many of his own supporters on his own site went very public berserk it was Senator Obama when they created it they changed the name later please get Feist so right within days of
Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
In experimental feeding in monkeys you can see that it actually downregulates a specific immune system modulator. The result is that what kills you is not the virus directly, but your own immune system overreacting, saying, "Whatever this is so foreign I'm going berserk." The most of the deaths
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
that full moon and in the next full moon and during that period the males go absolutely berserk because the the females are in E stress and they roaring and they're shouting and screaming to the world and chasing each other around and that is done that has done
Video examples
Pointing to the future...
It wasn't just a matter of tuning up some graphics routines. There were no graphics routines. There were no mouse drivers. So it was a necessity. But in the quarter-century since then, we've seen all of the fundamental supporting technologies go berserk.
Video examples
Clay Shirky: How...
I'm going to vote for this bill." And many of his own supporters on his own site went very publicly berserk. It was Senator Obama when they created it. They changed the name later. "Please get FISA right." Within days of this group being created
Video examples
Adam Spencer: Why I fell...
The room went berserk -- as Frank Nelson Cole sat down, having delivered the only talk in the history of mathematics with no words. He admitted afterwards it wasn't that hard to do. It took focus. It took dedication.
Video examples
Holly Morris: Why stay...
was going berserk, and the closer I got, the more frenetic it became, and frantic. My God. I was there covering the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident, as you can see by the look on my face,
Video examples
The hidden meanings of...
completes it. Yin is the inside space of a cup; it wouldn't be a cup without it. Yang is the cup. The coffee's heat, however, is yang, and its blackness is yin. Yang goes berserk sometimes,
Video examples
Can we build AI without...
at a minimum. So it seems that even mere rumors of this kind of breakthrough could cause our species to go berserk. Now, one of the most frightening things, in my view, at this moment,
Video examples
Whole New Dog's Life PIPE...
my life has been way of like actually looking at life this is the best part of my day you know wasn't a completely different place in my head carmine Jackie went berserk on each
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Quote examples
Kate Moss
English Model
I've met lots of interesting people, but Lucian Freud is the one who sticks out because I spent so much time with him. He taught me discipline, which I hadn't been taught properly before. If I was, like, two seconds, late, he would kick off. Once, I was three minutes late, and he went absolutely berserk.
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Vidya Balan
Indian Actress
The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Louis C. K.
American Comedian
When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.
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Manoj Bajpayee
Indian Actor
Stars have always been very good at what they do. They are born and blessed with charisma and power over the entire nation. One glimpse of a star makes people go berserk. Such magic cannot be created. You are born with it - or not.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
The behavior of the crowd at Churchill Downs is like 100,000 vicious Hyenas going berserk all at once in a space about the size of a 777 jet or the White House lawn.
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Robert Ben Garant
American Producer
Paul Rudd's a really weird, silly, silly man. He gets on 'Friends,' and he gets to show, like, one tiny little window of how truly berserk he can be.
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Mark Frost
American Novelist
It is interesting the way you create something and send it out into the culture, and then the culture kind of goes berserk.
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George A. Sheehan
American Writer
If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk.
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Adam McKay
American Writer
Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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Bill Rodgers
American Athlete
If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I've met lots of interesting people, but Lucian Freud is the one who sticks out because I spent so much time with him. He taught me discipline, which I hadn't been taught properly before. If I was, like, two seconds, late, he would kick off. Once, I was three minutes late, and he went absolutely berserk.
Quote examples
Vidya Balan
Indian Actress
The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
Quote examples
Louis C. K.
American Comedian
When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.
Quote examples
Manoj Bajpayee
Indian Actor
Stars have always been very good at what they do. They are born and blessed with charisma and power over the entire nation. One glimpse of a star makes people go berserk. Such magic cannot be created. You are born with it - or not.
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
The behavior of the crowd at Churchill Downs is like 100,000 vicious Hyenas going berserk all at once in a space about the size of a 777 jet or the White House lawn.
Quote examples
Robert Ben Garant
American Producer
Paul Rudd's a really weird, silly, silly man. He gets on 'Friends,' and he gets to show, like, one tiny little window of how truly berserk he can be.
Quote examples
Mark Frost
American Novelist
It is interesting the way you create something and send it out into the culture, and then the culture kind of goes berserk.
Quote examples
George A. Sheehan
American Writer
If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk.
Quote examples
Adam McKay
American Writer
Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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Bill Rodgers
American Athlete
If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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