frenzy

  • 21frenzy — fren|zy [ frenzi ] noun 1. ) count or uncount 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. ) count a period of great energy and activity: Her arrival always… …

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  • 22frenzy — I. noun (plural frenzies) Etymology: Middle English frenesie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin phrenesia, alteration of Latin phrenesis, from phreneticus Date: 14th century 1. a. a temporary madness b. a violent mental or emotional… …

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  • 23frenzy — noun 1) the crowd whipped itself into a state of frenzy Syn: hysteria, madness, mania, delirium, feverishness, fever, wildness, agitation, turmoil, tumult; wild excitement, euphoria, elation, ecstasy 2) a frenzy of anger …

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  • 24frenzy — frenzily, adv. /fren zee/, n., pl. frenzies, v., frenzied, frenzying. n. 1. extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement. 2. a fit or spell of violent mental excitement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania: He is… …

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  • 25frenzy — noun A state of wild activity or panic. She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests. See Also: frantic, frenetic, frenzied …

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  • 26frenzy — n 1. fury, rage, ire, furor, wrath, choler, spleen; mental agitation, tantrum, Sl. fit; monomania, obsession, fixation; fanaticism, fanaticalness, passion, excessive zeal, overzealousness, overeagerness; transport, rapture, ecstasy, nympholepsy,… …

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  • 27frenzy — [ˈfrenzi] noun [singular] 1) the feeling of being unable to control your feelings or behaviour She was in a frenzy of rage.[/ex] 2) a period when there is a lot of activity …

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  • 28frenzy — /ˈfrɛnzi / (say frenzee) noun (plural frenzies) 1. violent mental agitation; wild excitement or enthusiasm. 2. the violent excitement of a paroxysm of mania; mental derangement; delirium. –verb (t) (frenzied, frenzying) 3. to drive to frenzy;… …

  • 29frenzy — A state of delirium of short duration, approaching madness or insanity. Lowe v State, 118 Wis 641, 96 NW 417. See blood frenzy …

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  • 30frenzy — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 mental derangement; wild excitement or agitation. 2 delirious fury. v.tr. ( ies, ied) (usu. as frenzied adj.) drive to frenzy; infuriate. Derivatives: frenziedly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF frenesie f. med.L phrenesia f. L… …

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