berserk
Lost all control
Berserk means wildly out of control, especially with rage or excitement.
Someone who goes berserk loses composure violently—smashing things, attacking people, or acting with frenzied abandon.
The word traces to Norse warriors who fought in a trance-like fury, but modern use covers any explosive loss of control: The crowd went berserk when the team scored.
Ancient Scandinavian civilization
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- OdinChief Norse deity
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- rageIntense, violent anger
battle · frenzy · bloodlust · Valhalla · axe · shield · bear · wolf
Mentally unhinged
- madUnhinged or enraged
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
- psychoSlang for unstable person
bonkers · maniac · unhinged · deranged · crazed · mental · nutty · loony
Not domesticated or controlled
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- frenziedWildly out of control
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
hysteria · madness · delirium · pandemonium · mayhem · havoc · rampage · spree
Intense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- rampageViolent, destructive outburst
- outrageFierce moral indignation
livid · seething · enraged · infuriated · incensed · fuming · explosive · violent
Extremely violent or aggressive
- savageFierce and untamed
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- violentInvolving physical force
aggressive · fierce · relentless · unstoppable · explosive · extreme · primal · animalistic
Norse
Ancient Scandinavian civilization
rage · battle · frenzy · bloodlust · Valhalla · axe · shield · bear · wolf · trance
crazy
Mentally unhinged
psycho · bonkers · maniac · unhinged · deranged · crazed · mental · nutty · loony · amok
wild
Not domesticated or controlled
unhinged · hysteria · madness · delirium · pandemonium · mayhem · havoc · rampage · spree · uproar
fury
Intense violent anger
outrage · livid · seething · enraged · infuriated · incensed · fuming · explosive · violent · uncontrollable
ferocious
Extremely violent or aggressive
violent · aggressive · fierce · relentless · unstoppable · explosive · extreme · primal · animalistic · feral
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- chaosmayhem, chaotic, pandemonium, bedlam, turmoil
- frenzyfrenzy, mania, hysteria, madness, fury
- game movesmove, dodge, play, pass, block
- lost controllost control, lost it, snapped, went crazy, went nuts
- ScandinavianDenmark, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Norse mythology, Icelandic sagas
- go berserkLose all self-control violently
- going berserkLosing all control violently
- goes berserkBecomes uncontrollably violent
- berserker rageFrenzied fighting madness