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

noun

1. a person afflicted with mania

Other Words From

• hyper·manic adjective
• sub·manic adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of manic¹

C19: from Greek, from mania

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

At the Observation Pavilion she appeared to be typically manic.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• frenzied
• insane
• maniacal
• nutty