Synonyms for run amuck
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-muhk |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmʌk |
Top 10 synonyms for run amuck Other synonyms for the word run amuck
Définition of run amuck
Origin :- 17c., variant of amok; treated as a muck by Dryden, Byron, etc., and defended by Fowler, who considered amok didacticism.
- As in rampage : verb go crazy; storm
- As in rave : verb talk endlessly
- As in rhapsodize : verb rave
- She saw that he resented her shrinking; it seemed to excite him to run amuck the more.
- Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
- On the third day,” continued he, “we are to ‘run amuck,’ if you know what that is.
- Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
- We cannot run amuck as giants over this world and hope to conquer it.
- Extract from : « The Girl in the Golden Atom » by Raymond King Cummings
- But failing these he was to run amuck and do whatever damage he could.
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam Detective » by William Atherton Du Puy
- Men have run amuck with their thoughts, and they do things that are positively criminal.
- Extract from : « Mother » by Maksim Gorky
- The hoofbeats began to run amuck as though the horse had lost its rider.
- Extract from : « "Persons Unknown" » by Virginia Tracy
- I'll grab Jerry's axe or pitchfork and run amuck, blest if I don't.
- Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
- Europe and Asia had run amuck, hysterical with fear and blood.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Rocked the Earth » by Arthur Train
- The best answer I can make is: "Do nothing to make him run amuck."
- Extract from : « A Mind That Found Itself » by Clifford Whittingham Beers
- Such a beast is ready to run amuck, frothing at the mouth, and Sim Squires was not unlike that dog.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
Antonyms for run amuck
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