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Berserk vs Outraged - What's the difference?

berserk | outraged |

As a noun berserk

is a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.

As an adjective berserk

is injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.

As a verb outraged is

past tense of outrage.

berserk

English

Alternative forms

* beserk * berzerk * beresque – humorous misspelling now accepted (Australian )

Noun

(en noun)
  • A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
  • * After he watched his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a beast or a wild animal.

    • Derived terms

    * berserker

    See also

    *

    outraged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (outrage).
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged , she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}