frenetic

adjective

fri-ˈne-tik How to pronounce frenetic (audio)
Definition of freneticnext
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 Just last month, the probe tracked a frenetic cluster of 30 dust devils swirling through the canyons of Mamers Valles, also in the northern hemisphere. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026 On their debut album, the Detroit musician skewers social-climbing scene darlings and tackles personal existential delusions over a frenetic blend of post-punk and electro-pop. — Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026 The pacing is more frenetic, the narration more biting, the flashbacks more jarring, and the comedowns much harsher. — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 But the real key to the magic is that frenetic tone — the dirty, grungy, previously unheard sludge created when guitarist/Ray’s brother Dave Davies slashed his amp’s speaker with a razor. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for frenetic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frenetic
  1. frantic
  2. furious
  3. intense
  4. intensive
  5. mad
  6. fierce
Adjective
  • Dallas Caton’s bass-heavy production lays the foundation for the frantic and propulsive record.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
  • Over the course of one frantic, late-July weekend, 98 teens representing all 50 states put their busy lives on hold to try to do something remarkable.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of frantic
Adjective
  • That episode inspires a Gospel story where Jesus is asleep on a cushion in the stern of the boat during a furious storm.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The nine innings the Giants played that followed the furious flurry of medical updates didn’t do much to lift the vibes.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
Definition of furious
Adjective
  • His plan, scheduled for a vote at the Beach commission on Wednesday after two years of often-intense debate and revision, comes in the prosaic form of a technical zoning change.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Criticism from the political left was, predictably, swift and intense.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of intense
Adjective
  • The Warrior-Scholar Project is a STEM intensive founded in 2012 at Yale and has served nearly 3,000 veterans, challenging them with up to 75 hours of academic work.
    — Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • The company believes those products could support several parts of the defense manufacturing chain, particularly facilities involved in shipbuilding, advanced materials production and energy-intensive industrial operations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
Definition of intensive
Adjective
  • Alec Hammond, my production designer, is just a mad scientist.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • Fortunately, Alec Hammond, the production designer, is a is a mad scientist.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Management tried to modernize a restaurant brand built around nostalgia, underestimated how strongly customers identified with its image, and eventually reversed the change after a fierce backlash.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The jostling grew particularly fierce between South Carolina and Nevada.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
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