4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: berserk adj : in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {amok}, {demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}] n : 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}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "berserk": 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
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