berserk

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}]
    

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]
    

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]
    

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