frenzy
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈfrɛnzi/
- The fans went into a frenzy when their team scored the winning goal.
- a feeding frenzy
- a media frenzy
- the frenzy surrounding
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it was the media frenzy around her death.
- And it was the media frenzy around her death.
- It was a frenzy of killing, a frenzy of mass murder.
- And when people see it just below fair market value, it becomes a frenzy.
- Many families have decided to embrace experiences and family gifts instead of the frenzy of individual shopping.
- And she said so many women are pouring into her clinic right now in a frenzy.
- So him threatening to leave and no longer wanting to be there has her in a frenzy.
Examples
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This pair is willing the crowd into a frenzy.
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Friday afternoons were a frenzy of phone calls and typing.
Academic text (2011) -
And it was the media frenzy around her death.
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So based on that response, there was a feeding frenzy of follow up questions.
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Along with the stock trading frenzy came property speculation.
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Many families have decided to embrace experiences and family gifts instead of the frenzy of individual shopping.
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The story kicked off a frenzy of tweets and news headlines.
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My blood pulses through my body and reaches my brain in a frenzy of excitement.
Fiction book (1991) -
The images of a media frenzy feeding off the legal process in a high-profile case are indelible.
Academic text (1997) -
The tire-changing frenzy has caused a huge reshuffling of the pack, with Jochen Mass in the lead now.
Synonyms
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6.1
An extreme, uncontrolled feeling of fear or excitement
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4.9
Very strong excitement or enthusiasm
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4.2
A short time of excitement and activity
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6.6
A strong, often sudden interest in something like a toy or hobby that many people like
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6.1
Many people feel strong fear and act in a panicked, irrational way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Frenzied
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8.0
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6.6
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6.1
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4.9
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1.0
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5.1
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3.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frenzy comes from an old Greek root phren meaning 'mind', and you can see the same idea in the word frantic. So, a frenzy is when strong feelings take over the 'mind' and make people act wildly, which is why we use it for uncontrolled excitement or agitation.