amok

Meaning

Adv

1. Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
2. In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

Noun

1. One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
2. The act of running amok.

Verb

Synonym of run amok

Noun

A kind of Southeast Asian curry steamed in banana leaves.

Synonyms

amuck

murderously

berserk

crazed

demoniac

demoniacal

possessed

wild

mad

madness

mania

angry

😠

nuttiness

rompishness

riotous

run amok

savage

barbarian

unregulated

amuk

wildly

brainish

knockabout

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmɒk/

Etymology

From Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text The Book of Duarte Barbosa, which was translated to English by Henry E. J. Stanley.