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fren⋅zied

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

Origin:
1790–1800; frenzy + -ed 3

Related forms:
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

Related forms:
fren⋅zi⋅ly, adverb

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

Antonyms:
1. calm. 2. sanity.
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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.]
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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