🔥mania

noun
/ˈmeɪniə/

Meaning

an extreme enthusiasm or obsession; a mental illness marked by excitement
Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement; extreme enthusiasm

Example Sentences

There was a mania for collecting rare stamps.

She had a mania for collecting vintage postcards from around the world.

Example Expressions

football mania

Synonyms

obsession, craze, enthusiasm, frenzy, passion, fixation
Entry 1
obsession, craze, enthusiasm, frenzy, passion
Entry 2
obsession, craze, passion, frenzy, fixation

Antonyms

calm, indifference, apathy, tranquility
Entry 1
calm, indifference
Entry 2
apathy, indifference, calm, tranquility

Collocations

mania for, suffering from mania, popular mania, shopping mania, religious mania, sports mania, collecting mania
Entry 1
mania for, suffering from mania, popular mania
Entry 2
shopping mania, religious mania, sports mania, collecting mania

Related Vocabularies

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The edge or border of something; the amount by which something is won or falls short.
Close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.
a person who commits an illegal act; someone who breaks the law

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