Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.
- n. Temporary madness or delirium.
- n. A mania; a craze.
- v. To drive into a frenzy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Violent agitation of the mind approaching to temporary derangement of the mental faculties; distraction; delirium; madness.
- n. Synonyms Mania, Madness, etc. (see insanity); rage, fury, raving.
- Mad; delirious.
- To render frantic; drive to distraction.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
- adj. rare Mad; frantic.
- v. rare To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. state of violent mental agitation
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (phrensis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenitis, "inflammation of the brain"): see frantic and frenetic. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin phrenēsia, from Latin phrenēsis, back-formation from phrenēticus, delirious; see frenetic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive” then my friend you are a sad individual.”
“If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive””
“The pension obligation bond frenzy is so devoid of “public purpose” and so fully bypasses even the economic rent concept that only an economist could see through the haze.”
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“The media frenzy is over, but the problem lingers on.”
“Mix well with lies, sprinkle in copious amounts of fear and stir until a frenzy is reached.”
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“Next in the feeding frenzy is Naked in Death by J.D. Robb.”
“In a rage, he lunged at her in frenzy while she avoids the knife.”
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“Should we give Al Queada more press and mind-share power: No. Remember: a media feeding frenzy is oxygen to their cause.”
“The frenzy is being fueled in part by a relatively small number of rich donors - oil and gas industry chief executives, construction magnates and other tycoons - who are able to exert outsize influence in specific races.”
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“General manager Neal Huntington says the trading frenzy is over, but more prospects are knocking on the door, some of whom are likely to follow the path blazed by McCutchen and Jones, who were called up in midseason last year.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘frenzy’.
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1100
abound, technology, branch of knowled..., prognosticate, automaton, matron, an older married ..., realm, special field of ..., kingdom, annals, historical records and 981 more...
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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gangster
random gangster lingo and street slang with extra absurdities.
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replete, steeped, eminent, indiscriminate, voracious, automaton, prognosticate, technology, abound, matron, tinge, compound and 297 more...
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soliloquy, eros, agape, solipsism, palimpsest, fabulist, lore, raconteur, harbinger, anamnesis, sattvic, comprecation and 20 more...
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Nouns
a component, an aspect, an element, significant growth, transition, hiccups, labour, predecessor, delight, lawsuit, penchant, entrepreneurship and 23 more...
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animal group
Names for Groups of Animals.
clever madeupicals and human groups are fine.
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ravyn's randy words
Words that are as fun to say as do!
amorous, impassioned, infatuated, enamored, desirous, vehement, ecstasy, frenzy, sentiment, relations, coition, audacious and 16 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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My List
frugal, vicissitude, scatter, fiduciary, calf, mesmerize, eke, unkempt, callousness, heist, fumble, flinty and 31 more...
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1100 words you need to know
GRE words
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 288 more...
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Vampire Words
Words that make me think of Vampire: The Requiem
torpor, torpid, amaranth, vitae, embrace, ventrue, toreador, masquerade, dominate, nightmare, majesty, dread and 103 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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nominative case collection
wine stopper, pyre, roster, hamper, moleskin, elastic, pinnacle, facsimile, nook, plonk, contortionist, dismay and 342 more...
Tweets
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dmcleod0914 "I was far to lost in my own frenzyof anticipation to notice much of what she said." - Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.145 Nov 30, 2010