FRENETICISM Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

freneticism

noun

as in anxiety

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Noun

Validate their emotions by acknowledging any anxieties and feelings as normal.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 8 Aug. 2026
Poor sleep in teens is tied to anxiety symptoms, depression symptoms, weaker peer support and trouble getting through the school day.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of anxiety

Noun

With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of perturbation

Noun

There, friends and family members sang together in Spanish and English, embracing each other in greeting, checking in about their children or their health and sharing their mix of hope and trepidation with one another.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Yet for him and his colleagues at DanceWize, there is trepidation about the new world into which psychedelics are being pulled.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

Definition of trepidation

Noun

Such talk seemed fanciful until this week, despite long-term unease with Infantino’s style and previous attempts to force through unpopular projects.

— Graham Dunbar, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Wilson, playing Tom’s own version of that unease a few beats earlier, needed only the smallest gesture to register it.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

Definition of unease

Noun

This could, in turn, trigger feelings of restlessness and irritability, not to mention the lack of clarity brought on by the moon transiting this Water sign.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
Standing on opposite sides of the protests, the pair fall for each other despite the divide, recognizing in one another a restlessness neither can quite name.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of restlessness

Noun

Still, Buffett had decided to pull his funding ahead of this decision, which could signal his uneasiness about the Gates Foundation’s relationship with Epstein.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Still, Allen wouldn't totally commit, citing an uneasiness with having to be overly critical if it's not warranted.

— Alex Sherman, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of uneasiness

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