frenetic
15
7.6
- adjective
- /frəˈnɛtɪk/
- The children ran around the playground in a frenetic manner, laughing and shouting with excitement.
- frenetic pace
- frenetic activity
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Watch on YouTubeThe second life is the frenetic life of busyness, and it's not enough.
- The second life is the frenetic life of busyness, and it's not enough.
- They want kind of less frenetic environments.
- And they send them back out there and they're frenetic.
- And anything that I do that comes from frenetic activity is, you know, is just Wormwood and bile.
- And in this crazy, frenetic, overstimulated, stressful modern world, the need for deep, restorative sleep is even greater.
- So just, you know, I am not only brain wise, frenetic, but just motion wise, I always got to be doing something.
Examples
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His eyes were bloodshot, his movements frenetic, as if he had sampled too many stimulants, legal or illegal.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now the laughter of friends was hollow; the frenetic feasting and drinking were exhausting rather than satisfying.
Fiction book (1998) -
Every trailer makes me less excited because it's just all like frenetic movement.
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So just, you know, I am not only brain wise, frenetic, but just motion wise, I always got to be doing something.
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And it's, it's a frenetic show with tons of like drag and comedy and performance.
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The second life is the frenetic life of busyness, and it's not enough.
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And we said one of the things we said was like, could we binge watch it because it is so frenetic and crazy.
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The only real complaint with the film comes from its frenetic and often discombobulating direction and editing.
Blog text (15) -
And Neal was very frenetic, very charming, and he had six thousand girls across the continent that were keeping him very busy.
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The drums pound faster as the dancers in the background pick up the frenetic tempo!
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
94
3.9
Very worried and acting quickly in a wild, uncontrolled way
88
1.6
Full of energy and active
56
4.2
Feeling very energetic and unable to sit still
26
3.9
Happening very quickly with a lot of action
22
5.9
Very happy and full of energy
22
6.5
Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions
18
4.6
Too full of energy and hard to calm or control
18
6.6
Full of energy and fast activity
9
6.8
Full of strong energy and excitement
5
6.0
Lively and full of fun, making people laugh
5
9.1
People act in a panic and work very quickly to solve a problem
2
7.0
Showing a lot of energy and movement or relating to forces and change
1
8.4
Very active and making quick movements
1
7.6
Full of playful, lively energy
1
7.5
Being very lively or excited in a way that feels too much
1
6.4
Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves
1
9.9
Being very excited and unable to stay calm
1
7.5
Very active and moving around a lot
1
8.7
Loud and lively in a wild way
1
8.1
Easily excited and likely to react strongly to small sounds or activity
1
6.2
To become easily excited and react strongly to small things
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
frenetic = frenzy (semi-transparent) = frenet + ic
The adjective-forming suffix '-ic' is productive, and the meaning relates to 'frenzy', but the root form 'frenet' is not a standalone English word and the form differs from 'frenzy', which may confuse learners.
Etymology
Frenetic comes from a Greek root phren meaning 'mind' and is related to the English word frenzy. So, to be frenetic is to have fast, wild, and uncontrolled activity, as if the 'mind' were in a kind of frenzy.