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frenzy

[ fren-zee ]

noun

plural frenzies.
  1. a state of extreme mental agitation or wild excitement:

    There's something big businesses love about working their customers into a frenzy of anticipation.

    Antonyms:

  2. a burst of agitated, energetic action or activity:

    Athens in the late 1960s was in the midst of a building frenzy.

  3. a fit or spell of mental derangement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania:

    He is subject to these frenzies several times a year.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

    Antonyms:



verb (used with object)

frenzied, frenzying.
  1. to drive into a frenzy; make frantic:

    She was frenzied by fear when she smelled the smoke.

frenzy

/ ˈ´Ú°ùÉ›²Ô³úɪ /

noun

  1. violent mental derangement
  2. wild excitement or agitation; distraction
  3. a bout of wild or agitated activity

    a frenzy of preparations

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make frantic; drive into a frenzy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú°ù±ð²Ô·³ú¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of frenzy1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Late Latin ±è³ó°ù±ð²Ôŧ²õ¾±²õ, from Late Greek, for Greek ±è³ó°ù±ð²Ôî³Ù¾±²õ; phrenitis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of frenzy1

C14: from Old French frenesie , from Late Latin ±è³ó°ùŧ²Ôŧ²õ¾±²õ madness, delirium, from Late Greek, ultimately from Greek ±è³ó°ùŧ²Ô mind; compare frenetic
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Waltz recently sparked a media frenzy after inadvertently adding a prominent journalist to a high-level group chat about the US strikes in Yemen.

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Welby was careful not to say he'd been treated unfairly in the frenzy that followed the revelations about the scale of his and the Church's mistakes.

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“It feels like it’s a feeding frenzy off of people’s trauma and suffering.â€

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Similar buying frenzies have been reported around the country, with some worried it’s the opening of a new front in a broader campaign against LGBTQ+ people by the federal government.

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A success starved nation whipped itself into a frenzy.

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