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View synonyms for manic

manic

[ man-ik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or affected by mania.

    Synonyms: frantic, agitated, frenzied



manic

/ ˈmænɪk /

adjective

  1. characterizing, denoting, or affected by mania
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person afflicted with mania
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manic1

First recorded in 1900–05, manic is from the Greek word manikós inclined to madness. See mania, -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manic1

C19: from Greek, from mania
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Example Sentences

Because the song, like so much of The Weeknd’s music, is a dark, slick anthem to self-destruction, a nearly manic bop about using drugs to numb the pain.

From Vox

The pandemic “has unwillingly thrust us into a chaotic and manic state, and for right now, brown furniture feels solid, sturdy and stalwart,” she says.

I live with a cat and a dog, and the biggest difference I notice is how manic the dog seems in comparison to the cat.

From Vox

Yet even amid this manic news cycle, the groundwork is being laid for an alternate financial reality.

From Fortune

In contrast, before a manic phase they move around more, send more text messages, and spend longer talking on the phone.

In his own words, he is “actually very manic depressive” and can feel the world moving past him.

Bart gets confused and angry, he gets bullied, he experiences the manic highs and lows that come with being a child.

My dad in a kind of manic phase, feeling really euphoric and excited and like [sharp breath intake] kind of high.

“At the time I first knew Robin, he was very manic,” recalls Mazursky, who used to be a stand-up comic himself.

At the same time I was on an emotional upswing, a hyper-manic swoop and I was falling in love with my now-wife.

In the excited stage of manic-depressive insanity it is not uncommon to find that the memory is abnormally active.

Of the two terms (folie circulaire and manic-depressive insanity) the latter is the more correct.

The mental symptoms, in short, are very similar to those of the elevated stage of manic-depressive insanity.

The cases in this family seem all to be instances of manic-depressive insanity.

At the Observation Pavilion she appeared to be typically manic.

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