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frenzying

verb

present participle of frenzy
as in bothering
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 Synonyms for frenzying
  1. bothering
  2. disturbing
  3. distracting
  4. confusing
  5. maddening
  6. unbalancing
  7. deranging
  8. unsettling
Verb
  • Lane Kiffin will stroll off the LSU bus later this afternoon, acting as if none of the noise is bothering him.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The injury was something that had been bothering Smith throughout training camp, but the decision to get surgery wasn’t made until recently.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of bothering
Verb
  • Challenges and solutions A major challenge for the researchers working with a quantum system is to get the signal out of the system without disturbing its fragile state.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Food companies are trying to find ways to make products healthier or more affordable by changing ingredients without disturbing familiar textures.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturbing
Verb
  • Even a quiet voice can be distracting in an otherwise silent reading area.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Fast movement feels more immediate, while VRR helps reduce distracting screen tearing when frame rates change.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of distracting
Verb
  • The board’s real contribution is to prevent the organization from confusing speed with progress, automation with accountability or intelligence with wisdom.
    — David Ribott, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Here, misfits are welcome, and bric-a-brac is part of the appeal; the wonderfully bizarre name and devil-may-care attitude have been confusing (and delighting) first-timers for more than 70 years.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of confusing
Verb
  • Anthony Richardson possessed almost extraterrestrial talent but maddening inconsistency.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Prices remain high and the roads maddening, but few Mediterranean islands offer so many convincing ways to reach sunrise.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of maddening
Verb
  • The risk is that only a handful of clubs will be able to cough up those sums, unbalancing the market.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 19 May 2026
Definition of unbalancing
Verb
  • Instagram demanded a certain sort of woman and then produced her, deranging broad swaths of the population in the process.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • Gabriel going missing proves to be deranging to Caroline, and the novel becomes increasingly deranged with her.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of deranging
Verb
  • The attack comes just days before fall classes begin at the historically Black university, unsettling students who had recently moved into residence halls and completed freshman orientation events.
    — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That reshuffle opened the door for Amad, who shone on the right with a bustling performance, unsettling PSG with his sharp dribbling and laying on an assist for Mbeumo.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsettling
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