pyromaniac
/ˌpaɪrəˈmeɪniˌæk/
noun
- A person who has pyromania; someone with an uncontrollable urge to set fires.
- The therapist worked with the pyromaniac to help control his dangerous impulses.
- In the movie, the villain was a pyromaniac obsessed with watching things burn.
- The police arrested a pyromaniac who had started a series of barn fires.
Synonyms
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of a pyromaniac.
- His pyromaniac tendencies worried his family.
- She wrote a story about a pyromaniac artist who used fire in her sculptures.
- The character's pyromaniac behavior was a key plot point.