'Berserk' definitions:
Definition of 'berserk'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
noun
One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker, berserk]
Definition of 'Berserk'
From: GCIDE
- Berserk \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Berserk'
From: GCIDE
- Berserk \Ber*serk"\ (b[~e]r*s[~e]rk"; b[~e]r*z[~e]rk"; b[~e]r"s[~e]rk) a. [See berserk, n.] frenzied; crazed; usually in predicate position. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'berserk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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