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maniac

How to use maniac in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for maniac.

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I am, as you correctly say, a maniac"

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

an insane person

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of maniac gathered in one view.

noun

an insane person

noun

a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something

adjective

wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for maniac.

noun

a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something

adjective

wildly disordered; "a maniacal frenzy"

Example sentences

1

I am, as you correctly say, a maniac"

2

So what was the point in cleaning them?Being too much of a maniac with such thing is no good.

3

I was laughing like a maniac while she wondered what in the world I was doing in my office.

4

There's no proof that people are more willing to jump between a knife wielding maniac and a victim before the iPhone age.

5

A maniac just 20 years later could have destroyed humanity.

6

Amtrak may have a few threatening "see it, say it" signs at the station, but at least they treat me like a customer and not a maniac.

7

I am always coding like a maniac to make enough money so I can finally retire to do what I love most, coding.

8

Then he drove like a maniac so I could get to SFO in time to catch my flight, and he deposited my luggage next to curbside baggage check.

9

When I declined, saying I'd rather go wandering, he and his friends looked at me like I was some kind of partially deranged maniac.

10

"I'm a developer evangelist"Anyone who makes up a title like this is an ego-maniac, regardless of their sex. Good thing that the start-up you work for is crap and won't get acquired any time soon.

11

The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs.

12

I'm hereby precommitting to a maniac weekend starting tomorrow!

13

His actual behavior, though, amounted to little more than being a sex maniac and saying blasphemous things during a much more socially conservative era.

14

There are salient points here, but they're masked by the caricature of a maniac who can't go without Facebook for five seconds and a mythical beast that never gives his brain a break from work.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use maniac in a sentence?

I am, as you correctly say, a maniac"

What does maniac mean?

an insane person

What part of speech is maniac?

maniac is commonly used as noun, adjective.