FRENETIC Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

frenetic

adjective

fri-ˈne-tik

as in frantic

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity the frenetic rush to get every member of the cast in place before the curtain went up

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Recent Examples of frenetic The horror sensation, a frenetic thriller about the dangers of romantic fixation, has been doing unprecedented business, with ticket sales increasing in its second and third weekends. —

Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 June 2026 Like many Umbrian hill towns, such as Perugia or Orvieto, what sets it apart from Italy’s bigger, more frenetic destinations is its slower pace. —

Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026 Davide Costa stars as Cady’s wishy-washy romantic partner Aaron and Ryan Perry Marks is Kevin, the frenetic leader of the school math club. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 Those are the celebrated opening lines of the first part of Howl’s three parts and its footnoted coda, with that initial sentence running-on for seventy-eight frenetic lines. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for frenetic

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But listening to Magazine—their new 10-track, 11-minute album—that artful density becomes singular, swaying as much as whipping between its frantic ideas.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
The criteria include frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, having unstable relationships, identity disturbance, impulsive behavior, chronic feelings of emptiness, intense anger, emotional instability, paranoia or dissociation under stress, and recurrent suicidal behavior or self-harm.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026