Amok (Adjective)
Meaning
Wildly frenzied and out of control; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The rioters ran amok through the streets, destroying everything in their path.
- Her normally calm personality turned amok after she received the devastating news.
- With his eyes fixed in anger, he went amok and punched a hole in the wall.
- After a few too many drinks, he became amok on the dance floor, much to everyone's amusement.
- Her grief over losing her pet had her running amok through the empty house, screaming and crying uncontrollably.