Frenzied
['frenzɪd] or ['frɛnzɪd]
Definition
(adj.) affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; 'a frenzied attack'; 'a frenzied mob'; 'the prosecutor's frenzied denunciation of the accused'- H.W.Carter; 'outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity' .
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Definition
(p. p. & a.) Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened.
Editor: Orville
Examples
- Yes; I feel now that I was right when I adhered to principle and law, and scorned and crushed the insane promptings of a frenzied moment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She roared as she breathed, her nostrils were two wide, hot holes, her mouth was apart, her eyes frenzied. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That storm roared frenzied, for seven days. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- How else can we explain her frenzied anxiety that her second one should not enter it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A last flash of innumerable torches, a last burst of frenzied mirth, then darkness and quiet—the Dionysia was ended. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Orville