frenetic
frantic; frenzied.
Origin of frenetic
1- Also fre·net·i·cal, phrenetic, phrenetical.
Other words from frenetic
- fre·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·fre·net·ic, adjective
- non·fre·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with frenetic
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How to use frenetic in a sentence
You frenetically play-act while you feel your soul is dying.
When Motherless Brooklyn won the National Book Critics Circle Award, I felt I could exhale, after working frenetically.
The turnout Tuesday should serve as an alarm bell to Democrats, who have been frenetically organizing in Wisconsin for months.
Scott Walker Dominates, Labor Falters in Wisconsin Recall Primary | Ben Jacobs | May 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe rhythms are joyously, barbarically, at times almost frenetically, free.
Musical Portraits | Paul RosenfeldHe rushed frenetically towards the servants' hall to confer upon the situation with his intellectual subordinate.
The Prophet of Berkeley Square | Robert Hichens
But it illustrates the direction in which many of his admirers have more frenetically rushed.
British Dictionary definitions for frenetic
/ (frɪˈnɛtɪk) /
distracted or frantic; frenzied
Origin of frenetic
1Derived forms of frenetic
- frenetically, adverb
- freneticness, noun
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