: affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania
had a manic personality
his manic work pace
manic
noun
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a manic sense of humor
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Hess transforms the manic Jack Black into an empathetic clown whose childlike ability to turn bad luck into good potential epitomizes exactly how gaming works.
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
This level of filigree, along with Bernthal's manic performance, is enough to distract you from the utter inscrutability of the plot.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Buzzing with different voices, White scrambled existing vocabularies with manic glee.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Aside from the manic fluctuations that White House pronouncements will cause, the big question is whether or not OPEC+ will pause the unwinding of voluntary cuts and even increase them in defense of a $70 price.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
This level of filigree, along with Bernthal's manic performance, is enough to distract you from the utter inscrutability of the plot.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Buzzing with different voices, White scrambled existing vocabularies with manic glee.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Aside from the manic fluctuations that White House pronouncements will cause, the big question is whether or not OPEC+ will pause the unwinding of voluntary cuts and even increase them in defense of a $70 price.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for manic
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“Manic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manic. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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