frenzied
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈfrɛnziːd/
:
desenfrenado
- And yet most of our fellow citizens engage in frenzied shopping as their primary form of social interaction.
- frenzied activity
I'm like, hang on, this is going really frenzied.
- I'm like, hang on, this is going really frenzied.
- But, you know, it's just virtually impossible not to leave your DNA behind in this type of frenzied, very intimate, violent attack.
- It was, for me, really just an indicator of just how frenzied and fraught the situation was that we were in.
- And here he talks about it as being in the presence, roams about as a crowd of frenzied females.
- Nonetheless, some people want to have that frenzied experience, and it doesn't necessarily come from a bad or malicious place.
Examples
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There has been frenzied activity all day long here at Gasoline Alley as chief mechanics and drivers have given the final OK to their beautiful racing machine.
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Boy band One Direction has arrived to the frenzied screams of fans.
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In the silence, I could hear the frenzied pounding of his heart against his ribs.
Fiction book (1997) -
Overnight, this peaceful resort has become the frenzied rendezvous of every hunter for miles around.
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The crowd was filled with frenzied excitement as the concert began.
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The children ran around in a frenzied state, eager to see the clowns.
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She made a frenzied attempt to finish her project before the deadline.
Synonyms
93
3.9
Very worried and acting quickly in a wild, uncontrolled way
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7.4
Very excited and active in a wild way
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7.6
Very fast and energetic in a wild, uncontrolled way
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6.7
Very excited and unable to control strong feelings
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7.2
Being very angry or excited and out of control
Being very excited and unable to stay calm
Showing extreme, uncontrolled emotion that upsets or frightens others
Antonyms
How Frenzied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frenzied comes from the word frenzy, which originally meant 'madness'. That older word came from a Greek word for the 'mind', so a frenzied person is like someone whose mind is wildly excited and out of control.