LekhoriLekhoriSynonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”).
She had heard of his profligacy, his bursts of fierce Berserk-madness; and yet now these very faults, instead of repelling, seemed to attract her, and intensify her longing to save him.
Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
After seeing his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a wild animal.
To be or become berserk.
When great champions went berserking and were angry, they lost their human nature and went mad like dogs.
The noun is borrowed from Old Norse berserkr (“Norse warrior who fights in a frenzy”), probably from bjǫrn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat; shirt”), referring to the bearskins which the warriors wore. Bjǫrn i...
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Bizarre; weird.
[T]he writer conjured up a dystopian fantasy more berserk than anything you might find yourself listening to in the small hours at the Stone Circle.
Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
In amongst the strife, Scott McTominay, whose stoppage-time winner against Israel sent Hampden berserk, and Ryan Christie offered signs of an attacking pulse.
To make berserk.
He neither knows himself nor his outriders; he berserks a fearful dimension and dismounts, miraculously, in bed!