BERSERKLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

berserkly

adverb

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner reports of a crazed man running berserkly through traffic at a major intersection

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The trailer begins as Ziegler’s Mae frantically asks family friend Benny, played by a sleepy Rob Lowe, for help after her big mistake — kissing the wrong brother between Graham Phillips’ Andrew and Elias Kacavas’ Theo.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
This is a comeback story of the highest order because Taylor Moton's life was at risk, blood was splattered all over his chest, and doctors frantically rushed to keep him from dying from a life-threatening emergency.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of frantically

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It's regarded as wildly unethical and cruel, so the rationale for Netflix turning it into a TV show, where 30 people enter a real prison for two weeks, is hard to justify.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Because this animal was thrashing wildly, Packard could sense he’d been picked up in error.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of wildly

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Two more runs scored in the fourth inning when Ohtani, Pages and Freeman strung together three consecutive two-out singles and Keller wild-pitched a run home.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
First, like cucumbers, squash is a wild-growing vegetable that competes for garden space, according to Dilmore.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026

Definition of wild

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In June 2016, Blair, who was returning to Los Angeles from a vacation in Cancun, Mexico, began screaming uncontrollably and causing chaos on the flight.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Alpha 1, who’s most strict about the disease’s suppression, lashes out uncontrollably.

— Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncontrollably

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