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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Dionysiac, abandoned, amok, bacchic, bellowing, carried away, corybantic, crazed, delirious, demoniac, desperate, 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

Dictionary Results for berserk:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

berserk
    adj 1: 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)]
    n 1: 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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