Maenad (Noun)
Meaning 1
An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She ran wildly through the streets, her eyes wild and her hair disheveled, like a maenad from ancient myth.
- As the jury delivered the guilty verdict, the defendant's mother became a maenad, wailing and pounding on the furniture in the courtroom.
- Her breakup with her longtime partner turned her into a maenad, she rampaged through the empty house, tearing down curtains and shattering dishes.
- Grief consumed her, turning her into a maenad as she howled with anguish over the loss of her only child.
- In a fit of jealous rage, she transformed into a maenad, scratching and clawing at her rival with bare fingernails.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.