Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or accompanied by mental disorder.
- Frenzied; frantic.
- Also spelled phrenetic, phrenetical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Fast ,frantic ,harried , orfrenzied ; having extreme enthusiasm or energy. - adjective obsolete Mentally deranged,
insane . - adjective obsolete, medicine Characterised by manifestations of
delirium ormadness . - noun One who is frenetic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A simple yet fun idea, but also a practical way to determine a low frequency in frenetic key searches around the house in key moments like being late for work or for an important meeting.
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Currently, there are many retired generals appearing in frenetic fashion on television … Apart from the ethical questions involved in promoting a book or showcasing a media appearance during a time of war by offering an “inside” view unknown to others of the supposedly culpable administration of the military, what is striking is the empty nature of these controversies rehashed ad nauseam.
Think Progress » Right Wing Swiftboats Generals Who Called on Rumsfeld to Resign 2006
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"Companies have moved beyond the short-term frenetic activity that we saw at the beginning of the year," said Andrew Goldstein, North American co-leader of executive compensation consulting at Watson Wyatt.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2009
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"Companies have moved beyond the short-term frenetic activity that we saw at the beginning of the year," said Andrew Goldstein, North American co-leader of executive compensation consulting at Watson Wyatt.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009
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The 'self-righteous' label might have said more about him than about me, but there's a touch of truth in the 'frenetic' - because I am a firm believer that entrepreneurs have a nomadic soul.
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Fundamentalism has developed threee internet stooges and they seem to be going in frenetic high gear — especially the first two: Mou Lartuneac, Flash Gordon — from North Dakota, no less — and our own beloved (and I like him, honest, and let me be clear about one thing: I would never say of him that he’s going around in high gear, never) Jonald CS Donson.
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In the grocery store, Shopsin found a kind of frenetic peace in cultivating and deepening his relationship with his customers (one of whom, Eve, he married).
Boing Boing 2008
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I feared the kind of frenetic FX overkill that wrecked director Barry Sonnenfeld's post - "MIB" fiasco "Wild Wild West."
Slime At Its Prime 2008
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Throughout the evening and night, press swarmed all over the crowd catching every moment that showed some kind of frenetic energy.
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Throughout the evening and night, press swarmed all over the crowd catching every moment that showed some kind of frenetic energy.
sionnach commented on the word frenetic
I can think of no other word to describe the pace of street life in Buenos Aires. In my more evil moments I like to fantasize about the fate of your average Granadine pedestrian transplanted to the killer sidewalks of B.A. They would be trampled underfoot in a matter of seconds. Which is, frankly, all that they would deserve.
September 3, 2009
pqnga commented on the word frenetic
I once was in a position to interview professional organists.
For an audition piece, I chose Charles-Marie Widor’s “Toccata”
(from Symphony No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 42 No. 1, for
those who care about such things), a frenetic piece that
sounded suitably difficult to my amateur ears.
March 24, 2011
karpkatamala commented on the word frenetic
His frenetic, freewheeling approach is the antithesis of a rehearsed TED talk.
January 18, 2018