Frenzy
['frenzɪ] or ['frɛnzi]
Definition
(n.) Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
(a.) Mad; frantic.
(v. t.) To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Sometimes written Phrensy.] Madness, rage, fury, distraction, raving, insanity, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fanaticism, madness, raving, fury, fire
ANT:Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity
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Definition
n. a violent excitement: mania.—v.t. to render frenzied.—adjs. Fren′zied Fren′zical partaking of frenzy.
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Examples
- Your eccentricity and conceit touch the verge of frenzy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As he spoke, a woman's shrill scream--a scream which vibrated with a frenzy of horror--burst from the thick, green clump of bushes in front of us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- No delusion--no madness: your mind, sir, is too strong for delusion, your health too sound for frenzy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Herncastle's fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His frenzy of the previous day had all calmed down. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When the second questioning was over, my girl came back to me in a frenzy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a paroxysm of frenzy by the near approach of a fearful danger. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He loves the idol he serves, and prays day and night that his frenzy may be fed, and that the Ox-eyed may smile on her votary. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each maenad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In a few moments, the frenzy fit seemed to pass off; she rose slowly, and seemed to collect herself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- 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.
- Public diversions have always been the objects of dread and hatred to all the fanatical promoters of those popular frenzies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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