Meaning of BERSERK
Pronunciation: | | bur'surk
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| Definition: | | [adj] in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" |
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| Synonyms: | | amok, amuck, demoniac, demoniacal, insane, possessed(p) |
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| Definition: | | Berserk Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ber"serk\, Berserker \Ber"serk*er\, n. [Icel.
berserkr.]
1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who
fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked,
regardless of wounds. --Longfellow.
2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
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| Related Terms: | | abandoned, amok, bacchic, bellowing, carried away, corybantic, crazed, delirious, demoniac, desperate, Dionysiac, distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fierce, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fulminating, furious, haggard, hog-wild, howling, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, intoxicated, like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, orgasmic, orgiastic, possessed, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting, raving, raving mad, ravished, roaring, running mad, running wild, stark-raving mad, storming, transported, uncontrollable, violent, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking |
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