maniac
/ˈmeɪnɪak/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmeɪnɪak/
maniac
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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ma - niac -> maniac
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၁။ [U] (psychology )
စွဲလမ်းခြင်း။ persecution mania.
၂။ [C] ~ (for sth ) (infml )
အရူးအမူးဖြစ်ခြင်း။ have a mania for cleanliness/collecting things.
❏ maniac /'meÇniæk/ n
၁။ အရူး။ a homicidal maniac.
၂။ (derog or joc ) (က) (esp in compounds) ဝါသနာအိုး။ a football maniac. (ခ) အရူး။
He was driving like a maniac (ie far too fast).
❏ maniacal /mǝ 'naÇǝkl/ adj (fml ) ကြမ်းရမ်းသော။ a maniacal attack ❍ maniacal behaviour/laughter.
-mania comb form (forming ns )
(စိတ်ရောဂါတစ်မျိုးမျိုးကို ရည်ညွှန်းသောစကား)။ kleptomania ❍ nymphomania.
❏ -maniac comb form (forming ns and adjs ) (စိတ်ရောဂါ တစ်မျိုးမျိုး ခံစားနေရသူကို ရည်ညွှန်းသော စကား)။ dipsomaniac ❍ pyromaniac.
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obsession, desire, love, craze, thing, passion, fashion, enthusiasm, fad, aberration, ax to grind, bee, bee in bonnet, bug, bug in ear, compulsion, craving, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, disorder, fancy, fascination, fetish, fever, fixation, fixed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber, hang-up, hysteria, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, madness, monomania, on the brain, partiality, preoccupation, rage, tiger, tiger by the tail
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