amok

[uh-muhk, uh-mok] / əˈmʌk, əˈmɒk /

ADJECTIVE

haywire

Synonyms

STRONG

berserk nuts psycho screwball

WEAK

amiss batty bonkers chaotic confused cracked crazed defective disordered disorganized erratic flipped in a mess in pieces insane mad messy orderless out of order out of whack out to lunch screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged wacky

ADVERB

frantically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desperately excitedly madly uncontrollably wildly

WEAK

agitatedly berserk crazily franticly hectically helter-skelter hysterically wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly

Example Sentences

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College sports may be amok but it still can dazzle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But concerns about a possible AI bubble are running amok, as stretched valuations within the technology sector draw an increasing amount of scrutiny.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

That and Curry exiting the stage when the Lions were threatening to run amok and trouble the record books.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

But that would shortchange “Severance,” which takes another run at a corporate world run amok, detailing it in ways that are far more unsettling than anything in the latest season of “Squid Game.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

I feel as if I were in the United Nations and the translators had run amok.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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