frenzy

Meanings

Plural: frenzies

Noun

state of violent mental agitation
A state of wild activity or panic.
A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

Adj

Mad; frantic.

Verb

To render frantic.
To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

Synonyms

craze, delirium, fury, hysteria

Scrabble Score: 21

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