monomaniacal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monomaniacal
Adjective
  • Tyler Hilton shrugged it off when his 5-year-old daughter, Winnie, became obsessed with a series introduced by a nanny.
    Leena Tailor, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Young then transferred to New York University and became obsessed with the music scene the city had to offer, eventually leaving the school.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The protagonist is an ornery, unemployed academic (Lee Sung-jae) who becomes fixated on a barking dog in his apartment complex, and goes to extreme lengths to silence it.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Anti-fans, as pop-culture scholars have termed them, are similar to hate-watchers: consumers who become fixated on what frustrates them.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin stopped three shots during a pair of frantic pileups in the crease before New York won a faceoff and Simon Holmstrom scored an empty netter from his own end with 6.3 seconds left.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That raised questions about Silicon Valley’s frantic spending.
    Cade Metz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Then, in early 2025, a certain South African’s activity on social media, the acquisition of Twitter, a frenzied foray into politics, a few dubious salutes, and now the brand is imploding.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Zoom in: Home prices grew at a steadier rate in Portland last year — a big change from the frenzied markets at the height of the pandemic — as sales slowed due to high mortgage rates.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Ferran is a force of hysterical nature, painting in the strong, bold colors her character so professes to adore as the elder DuBois sister attempts to tune out reality by literally putting a paper lantern over the light.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There was no escaping the Democrats’ hysterical display.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The victim’s parents were too distraught to speak to reporters Wednesday.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • At the start of court Wednesday, a visibly distraught Lopes had a sidebar with White and prosecutors; following that meeting, White cleared the courtroom.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Many voters said Governor Whitmer’s order, which restricted an outdoor activity – gardening – seemed irrational and excessive, even at the time.
    Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But the widening gap between its real-world performance and analysts’ earnings estimates for unborn products has prompted some to warn of irrational exuberance.
    Chris Kirkham, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Monomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monomaniacal. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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