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frenzy

[ fren-zee ]

noun

, plural fren·zies.
  1. a state of extreme mental agitation or wild excitement:

    There's something big businesses love about working their customers into a frenzy of anticipation.

    Antonyms: calm

  2. a burst of agitated, energetic action or activity:

    Athens in the late 1960s was in the midst of a building frenzy.

  3. a fit or spell of mental derangement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania:

    He is subject to these frenzies several times a year.

    Synonyms: raving, fury, rage, aberration, lunacy, insanity, madness

    Antonyms: sanity



verb (used with object)

, fren·zied, fren·zy·ing.
  1. to drive into a frenzy; make frantic:

    She was frenzied by fear when she smelled the smoke.

frenzy

/ ˈfrɛnzɪ /

noun

  1. violent mental derangement
  2. wild excitement or agitation; distraction
  3. a bout of wild or agitated activity

    a frenzy of preparations

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to make frantic; drive into a frenzy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • fren·zi·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frenzy1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Late Latin phrenēsis, from Late Greek, for Greek phrenîtis; phrenitis
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frenzy1

C14: from Old French frenesie , from Late Latin phrēnēsis madness, delirium, from Late Greek, ultimately from Greek phrēn mind; compare frenetic
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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, right-wing groups from the Proud Boys to the Michigan Militia could join an explosive frenzy.

From Ozy

Foxx has yet to fully explain the series of events, which has only fed the media frenzy around the case.

That conspiracy-fueled frenzy was propelled in part by credulous mainstream news coverage, and by false accusations and even convictions of day-care owners.

In the Philippines, it has set off a frenzy as the 7-foot-2 18-year-old moves one step closer to becoming the first Philippines-born player in the NBA.

From Ozy

Although only one recession saw the bona fide busting of a frenzy, all six included bear markets.

From Fortune

Porter was convicted and shortly after sentenced to death by a judge who compared him to a shark in a feeding frenzy.

I am scared that, like me, they will arrive and see a frenzy of disorganization, fear and, most frightening, quarantine.

The media goes into a frenzy when egregious examples of bad mothers occur, like Susan Smith or Casey Anthony.

Three days after the media frenzy, Dr. Sisley got a letter from the HHS.

Republicans have been in a frenzy since realizing that the IRS was missing two years of Lerner emails.

They hurry in a frenzy up the back-stairs about 1.25, and they pace up and down in a frenzy till half-past one.

Eugene Miller, in a fine frenzy, threw himself into a chair beside Aristide.

Here on the bridge he paused and turned in a frenzy to scream to his followers that they should fetch more torches.

She clasped her thin hands in a frenzy of impotent rage—with Anne Ashton had lain the real triumph, with herself the sacrifice.

Such is the case even at the present day in cities wherein the degree of folly and frenzy exceeds that of ancient Alexandria.

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