frenzy

UK /ˈfɹɛnzi/ US /ˈfɹɛnzi/
noun 2verb 2adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A state of wild activity or panic.

international media frenzy

She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.

2

A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.

All else is towering frenzy and distraction.

adj

1

Mad; frantic.

They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.

verb

1

To render frantic.

Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.

Then there is the absorbing, not to say frenzying, interest, which attends our important elections.

2

To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.

The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.

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