frenzy
11frenzy — ► NOUN (pl. frenzies) ▪ a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour. DERIVATIVES frenzied adjective frenziedly adverb. ORIGIN Latin phrenesia, from Greek phr n mind …
12frenzy — [fren′zē] n. pl. frenzies [ME frenesie < OFr < ML phrenesia < L phrenesis < LGr phrenēsis < Gr phrenitis, madness, inflammation of the brain < phrēn, mind: see PHRENETIC] wild or frantic outburst of feeling or action; specif.,… …
13frenzy — fren|zy [ˈfrenzi] n plural frenzies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: frenesie, from Latin phreneticus; FRENETIC] 1.) [U and C] a state of great anxiety or excitement, in which you cannot control your behaviour frenzy of ▪ a frenzy of… …
14Frenzy — Infobox Film name = Frenzy caption = original film poster writer = Novel: Arthur La Bern Screenplay: Anthony Shaffer starring = Jon Finch Barry Foster Alec McCowen Billie Whitelaw Anna Massey Clive Swift Barbara Leigh Hunt Jean Marsh Vivien… …
15frenzy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ feeding ▪ The smell of blood sent the sharks into a feeding frenzy. ▪ media ▪ buying ▪ mad, wild …
16Frenzy — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Frenzy Produktionsland U.K …
17frenzy — n. 1) a wild frenzy 2) in a frenzy (in a frenzy of despair) * * * [ frenzɪ] a wild frenzy in a frenzy (in a frenzy of despair) …
18frenzy — noun (C, U) 1 a state of uncontrolled excitement or emotion: religious frenzies | in a frenzy: She pleaded with them in a frenzy to release her son. | a frenzy of passion/remorse etc: They fell into a frenzy of helpless alarm at the news. 2 a… …
19frenzy — UK [ˈfrenzɪ] / US noun Word forms frenzy : singular frenzy plural frenzies 1) [countable/uncountable] a state of uncontrolled activity or emotion The next speaker whipped the crowd up into a frenzy. She was in a frenzy of rage. 2) [countable] a… …
20frenzy — [[t]fre̱nzi[/t]] frenzies N VAR: oft N of n Frenzy or a frenzy is great excitement or wild behaviour that often results from losing control of your feelings. Get out! she ordered in a frenzy... The country was gripped by a frenzy of nationalism …
