monomaniacal

adjective

as in obsessed

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Recent Examples of monomaniacal When Ahab first speaks to the crew about Moby Dick, his diabolical charisma soon infects the men who, apart from Starbuck, enthusiastically join him in his monomaniacal crusade. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026 Paul Atreides in Dune, Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme — these are all characters defined by otherworldly gifts, monomaniacal drive, and a cold-blooded disregard for the concerns of others. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026 Canty and Lally churn with monomaniacal might, spurring Lewis to play bold, declarative melodies that Piorg answers with force. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2026 This monomaniacal and thoroughly individualized focus turned mindfulness into yet another personalized optimization ritual. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 As the name suggests, looksmaxxers share a monomaniacal commitment to improving their physical appearance. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026 Until the cycle is broken, the monomaniacal goal of Bills Mafia will be to outlast the Chiefs in the postseason. — Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025 Reaching the moon 56 years ago meant a monomaniacal focus on that one goal, not the split attention—and split budgets—of maintaining a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit while simultaneously trying to reach another world. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomaniacal
  1. obsessed
  2. fixated
  3. frantic
  4. frenzied
  5. hysterical
  6. distraught
  7. irrational
Adjective
  • The victim’s mother, 60-year-old Adra Pegues, said the killer recently went on a first date with her daughter and then became obsessed with Davis, who wasn’t interested in a second date.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But while ripoffs and dodgy reboots are common in horror, some of the weirdest unauthorized sequels are the result of an obsessed fan self-financing a tribute to their favorite movie.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of obsessed
Adjective
  • An entity behind the disturbance grows increasingly fixated on the family’s daughter, prompting two paranormal investigators to dig into what becomes a traumatic case.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Simply put, market watchers are failing to see the forest—the long-term rise of digital assets—and are instead fixated on the trees, which are represented by short-term price swings.
    — Peter Mintzberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of fixated
Adjective
  • In the past two days, many stories have emerged from frantic family members.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • His frantic paranoia makes the scene genuinely hard to read and sets the stage for his horrifying actions during the climax.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of frantic
Adjective
  • On the eve of their media frenzied MSG wedding, which Parton was invited to but did not attend, Swift and the NFL vet gave millions to 20 charities across the nation.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • This spring Carlyle won a 50-year lease of federal lands in Fort Bliss, Texas, and is negotiating the development of a data center, joining a buildout that is among the most frenzied in history.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of frenzied
Adjective
  • An operator answers a call from a hysterical woman begging for help.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • After years of the WNBA being ignored, the hysterical reaction to an obvious, common-sense position has made it into a laughingstock.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hysterical
Adjective
  • But today’s Court often divides along stark ideological lines, and the liberals often sound truly distraught in their dissents.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • One distraught woman sat on the ground next to a large pool of blood as another woman embraced her.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of distraught
Adjective
  • But the question remained unsolved for polygons with irrational angles.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, the argument goes, today's spending is irrational because the hardware would need to be replaced too frequently to generate an attractive return on investment, known as ROI.
    — , CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of irrational

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