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as in excited
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
the frenzied scene at the mall in the final week before Christmas
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as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
frenzied rescue workers searched through the snow, looking for more victims of the avalanche
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
the frenzied pace of the first week of the new school year
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as in crazed
to cause to go insane or as if insane
local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
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Recent Examples of frenzied
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
And the frenzied anticipation was warranted.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
There are only the vaguest hints about what’s to come in flashbacks to happy moments from the couple’s life together, which give way to frenzied scenes from the wedding day, including the husband-to-be with a bloody nose.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Jonathan Kuminga, Buddy Hield and Pat Spencer helped key the frenzied 35-14 run.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
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There’s pretty much always a frenzied news cycle of some kind around OpenAI.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
And the frenzied anticipation was warranted.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
There are only the vaguest hints about what’s to come in flashbacks to happy moments from the couple’s life together, which give way to frenzied scenes from the wedding day, including the husband-to-be with a bloody nose.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025
Jonathan Kuminga, Buddy Hield and Pat Spencer helped key the frenzied 35-14 run.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frenzied
Adjective
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Scherzinger glowed with an excited expression, her arms raised again in the air.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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A lot of us are excited to refresh our spaces in the new year.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Cowboys tussle with agitated horses.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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The central figures of the fountain feature Oceana (also known as Neptune), along with Triton with an agitated horse, and Triton with a calm horse.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Fast, a little frantic, and seemingly, as the months would show, drawn to all the wrong things.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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How a leader shows up, steady or frantic, present or distracted, calm or compressed, shapes how employees interpret the message itself.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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They are not deranged or crazed.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
16 Dec. 2025
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To make matters worse, Elphaba believes he has been killed and becomes crazed with grief.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
21 Nov. 2025
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Jacob Fatu and Cody Rhodes were involved in a highly personal, heated conversation backstage.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Each tent offers private treatment spaces with heated massage tables and stunning views of the open grassland.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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There seems to be an emotional disconnect between their characters, as Anne appears somewhat distraught, while H arington's character looks much more at ease.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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Michael Lynch, 62, went to New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital on Wednesday with his wife, worried about pressure in his head and tingling in his hands, his distraught spouse told the Daily News.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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But as far back as 2024, signs began appearing that the furious pace of construction and the upward spiral of rents wouldn’t continue.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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As furious protests enter their third week and bring Iran to the precipice of change, the country’s theocratic government is trying to survive by harshly cracking down on the widening demonstrations.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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The orbit of this potential exomoon is tilted at around 60 degrees relative to the orbital plane of its parent planet, potentially indicating some type of interaction has disturbed this system at some point in its history.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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High wind also caused visibility problems near construction and agricultural areas where soil was disturbed, including land along I-70 and I-76 northeast of Denver.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Frenzied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenzied. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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