frenzied

frenzied

adj

Definition of FRENZIED

: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance <frenzied dancing>

— fren·zied·ly adverb

Examples of FRENZIED

1. The screams of the fans grew more frenzied as the concert progressed.
2. <the frenzied scene at the mall in the final week before Christmas>

First Known Use of FRENZIED

1651

Related to FRENZIED

Synonyms: agitated, excited, feverish, heated, hectic, hyperactive, overactive, overwrought

Antonyms: collected, composed, recollected, self-collected, self-composed, self-possessed, unhysterical

Related Words: hyperexcited, overexcited; afire, aflutter, aquiver, atingle; anxious, dithery, edgy, het up, high-strung, hyped-up, hyper, jittery, jumpy, nervy, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, wired

Near Antonyms: calm, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, placid, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried

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