Maniac
noun
A person who acts wildly or crazily, usually with lots of energy or enthusiasm.
He's a total football maniac, he never misses a single game!
Often appears as...
- football maniac
- gym maniac
noun
A person who has a serious mental illness which makes them behave extremely violently or strangely.
He was behaving like a maniac and had to be restrained for his own safety.
Often appears as...
- behave like a maniac
- act like a maniac
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who acts wildly or crazily, usually with lots of energy or enthusiasm.
He's a total football maniac, he never misses a single game!
Often appears as...
- football maniac
- gym maniac
noun
A person who has a serious mental illness which makes them behave extremely violently or strangely.
He was behaving like a maniac and had to be restrained for his own safety.
Often appears as...
- behave like a maniac
- act like a maniac
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'maniac' to describe someone's extreme passion for an activity, not their skill at it.
Calling him a 'chess maniac' highlights his obsession, not how good he is.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Speech
'Maniac' is casual, often used among friends or in informal settings.
At parties, she dances like a maniac and just can't sit still!
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
In some contexts, 'maniac' can be a playful compliment about someone's dedication.
You're a cleaning maniac, this place is spotless!
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'maniac' to describe someone's extreme passion for an activity, not their skill at it.
Calling him a 'chess maniac' highlights his obsession, not how good he is.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Speech
'Maniac' is casual, often used among friends or in informal settings.
At parties, she dances like a maniac and just can't sit still!
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
In some contexts, 'maniac' can be a playful compliment about someone's dedication.
You're a cleaning maniac, this place is spotless!
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'maniac' to describe someone's extreme passion for an activity, not their skill at it.
Calling him a 'chess maniac' highlights his obsession, not how good he is.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Speech
'Maniac' is casual, often used among friends or in informal settings.
At parties, she dances like a maniac and just can't sit still!
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
In some contexts, 'maniac' can be a playful compliment about someone's dedication.
You're a cleaning maniac, this place is spotless!
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
try and take a little bit of a different routes because otherwise we're going to be stuck here for quite some time so let's get and since I why are you giggling at me since I was laughing at me because I think since the things are drive like a maniac I told him there you haven't seen
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Are we born to run? PIPE...
Without getting too extreme about this, imagine a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise that's going to make them more relaxed, more serene, more healthy, burn off stress -- where you don't come back into your office a raging maniac anymore,
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Are we born to run? -...
but imagine in a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise that's gonna make them more relaxed more serene more healthy burn off stress where you don't come back into your office a raging maniac anymore we don't go home with a lot of
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How record collectors...
But I guess the only person in here truly impressed by record collectors is another record collector. To the outside world, we seem like a very weird, oddball group of individuals. And -- And they're mostly right. All the record collectors I know are obsessive maniacs.
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Enter the Fish Hawk PIPE...
glossy had called me and said you want to go to an efficient i drop rate what I was doing I went right down the boat we got the boat rigged up brad is a fish maniac if it has a tail he has a hook he's just a fishy fishy guy very good
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Pony Drift: The British...
at the end of the day is a job is not just a jolly but the summer about rowing across the forest after ponies with speed and some people say we're actually maniacs well most people actually for idiots idiots
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
um and i lived in that fa i lived in the fremont and and nevada factories for three years fixing the that production line running around like a maniac through every part of that factory living with the team
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The story of the manioc...
you never been to many or cows and I said what is the menu house so she looked at me really suspicious and sister she said you are the professional guys you should visit a maniac house and
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A Parkland teacher's...
yet we call people maniacs and psychos, shaming them. We are creating barriers for people that need help. Why are we embarrassing each other? Let's make it easier, not harder,
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
And it's OK if we need somebody to help us snap out of it. For me, that was my wife, a military guy, a maniac linebacker or an eccentric coach.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
try and take a little bit of a different routes because otherwise we're going to be stuck here for quite some time so let's get and since I why are you giggling at me since I was laughing at me because I think since the things are drive like a maniac I told him there you haven't seen
Video examples
Are we born to run? PIPE...
Without getting too extreme about this, imagine a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise that's going to make them more relaxed, more serene, more healthy, burn off stress -- where you don't come back into your office a raging maniac anymore,
Video examples
Are we born to run? -...
but imagine in a world where everybody could go out the door and engage in the kind of exercise that's gonna make them more relaxed more serene more healthy burn off stress where you don't come back into your office a raging maniac anymore we don't go home with a lot of
Video examples
How record collectors...
But I guess the only person in here truly impressed by record collectors is another record collector. To the outside world, we seem like a very weird, oddball group of individuals. And -- And they're mostly right. All the record collectors I know are obsessive maniacs.
Video examples
Enter the Fish Hawk PIPE...
glossy had called me and said you want to go to an efficient i drop rate what I was doing I went right down the boat we got the boat rigged up brad is a fish maniac if it has a tail he has a hook he's just a fishy fishy guy very good
Video examples
Pony Drift: The British...
at the end of the day is a job is not just a jolly but the summer about rowing across the forest after ponies with speed and some people say we're actually maniacs well most people actually for idiots idiots
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
um and i lived in that fa i lived in the fremont and and nevada factories for three years fixing the that production line running around like a maniac through every part of that factory living with the team
Video examples
The story of the manioc...
you never been to many or cows and I said what is the menu house so she looked at me really suspicious and sister she said you are the professional guys you should visit a maniac house and
Video examples
A Parkland teacher's...
yet we call people maniacs and psychos, shaming them. We are creating barriers for people that need help. Why are we embarrassing each other? Let's make it easier, not harder,
Video examples
Alex Smith: An NFL...
And it's OK if we need somebody to help us snap out of it. For me, that was my wife, a military guy, a maniac linebacker or an eccentric coach.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Anton du Beke
British Dancer
My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.
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Robert Klein
American Comedian
I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
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Hannah Simone
Canadian Actress
I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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Ray Liotta
American Actor
I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.
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Ryan Leaf
American Athlete
I was an ego maniac with a self-esteem problem and that's what most addicts are like.
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Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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Tom Berenger
American Actor
Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.
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Matt Skiba
American Musician
Pennywise are legends and gentlemen and maniacs.
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Anton du Beke
British Dancer
My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.
Quote examples
Robert Klein
American Comedian
I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.
Quote examples
George Carlin
American Comedian
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
Quote examples
Hannah Simone
Canadian Actress
I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
Quote examples
Ray Liotta
American Actor
I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.
Quote examples
Ryan Leaf
American Athlete
I was an ego maniac with a self-esteem problem and that's what most addicts are like.
Quote examples
Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
Quote examples
Tom Berenger
American Actor
Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.
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Matt Skiba
American Musician
Pennywise are legends and gentlemen and maniacs.
Example 1 of 10
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