: feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
frenzied dancing
frenziedly
adverb
Examples of frenzied in a Sentence
The screams of the fans grew more frenzied as the concert progressed.
the frenzied scene at the mall in the final week before Christmas
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But to know fandom and spectacle at their most frenzied, look at the IPL.
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Samanth Subramanian, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
The entire municipality goes into a frenzied uproar and its citizens along with it.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
After the family’s size was made public, both American and Chinese reporters seized on this idea, raising frenzied questions about whether the couple was engaged in human trafficking.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
After retaining his parallel giant slalom crown in Livigno on Sunday, the 40-year-old celebrated by ripping off his top, baring his chest to the frenzied crowd, before flexing his muscles and dropping facedown on the snow.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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Samanth Subramanian, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
The entire municipality goes into a frenzied uproar and its citizens along with it.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
After the family’s size was made public, both American and Chinese reporters seized on this idea, raising frenzied questions about whether the couple was engaged in human trafficking.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
After retaining his parallel giant slalom crown in Livigno on Sunday, the 40-year-old celebrated by ripping off his top, baring his chest to the frenzied crowd, before flexing his muscles and dropping facedown on the snow.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frenzied. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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