pyromaniac

/pahy-ruh-mey-nee-ak/US // ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ niˌæk //

火焰狂人,烧火狂人,火灾狂人,火焰狂

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : someone with a compulsion to set things on fire: One theory is that pyromaniacs simply love fires and the damage they cause, and so they start them.

nounfire-setter

Synonyms

“My gut is telling me it is a pyromaniac having a good time and likes watching the buildings burn,” he says.
But when Romney uses in a speech the same phrase the president uses, he is a “race-mongering pyromaniac.”
Now, people can have a lot of legitimate criticisms of Mitt Romney, and I have some of my own, but a “race-mongering pyromaniac?”
They could not feel worse if they learned that the child was a thief or a pyromaniac.