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frenzied - 5 dictionary results

fren⋅zied

[fren-zeed]
–adjective
1. wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
2. violently agitated; frantic; wild: a frenzied mob.
Also, phrensied.


Origin:
1790–1800; frenzy + -ed 3


fren⋅zied⋅ly, adverb

fren⋅zy

[fren-zee] noun, plural -zies, verb, -zied, -zy⋅ing.
–noun
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 subject to these frenzies several times a year.
–verb (used with object)
3. to drive to frenzy; make frantic: She was frenzied by fear when she smelled the smoke.

Origin:
1300–50; ME frenesie < OF < LL phrenēsis < LGk, for Gk phrenîtis; see phrenitis


fren⋅zi⋅ly, adverb


2. madness, insanity, lunacy, aberration; rage, fury, raving.


1. calm. 2. sanity.
fren·zied   (frěn'zēd)   
adj.  Affected with or marked by frenzy; frantic: a frenzied rush for the exits.
fren'zied·ly adv.
fren·zy   (frěn'zē)   
n.   pl. fren·zies
  1. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.
  2. Temporary madness or delirium.
  3. A mania; a craze.
tr.v.   fren·zied, fren·zy·ing, fren·zies
To drive into a frenzy.

[Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin phrenēsia, from Latin phrenēsis, back-formation from phrenēticus, delirious; see frenetic.]

Frenzied

Fren"zied\, p. p. & a. Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened. -- Fren"zied-ly, adv.

The people frenzied by centuries of oppression. --Buckle.

Up starting with a frenzied look. --Sir W Scott.
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