frenetic
UK/fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/
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obsolete/ˈfɹɛ.nɪt.ɪk/
frenetic adjective: frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
Adjective
frenetic (comparative more frenetic, superlative most frenetic)
Noun
frenetic (plural frenetics)
- One who is frenetic.
frenetic meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
frenetic in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত উত্তেজিত, বিশৃঙ্খল
frenetic in Malayalam
- frenzied, frantic, wild
- ഭ്രമിച്ച, വെകിളിപിടിച്ച, ക്ഷുബ്ധ, സംഭ്രാന്തമായ, ഭ്രാന്തചിത്തമായ, ഇളകിവശായ
frenetic in Kannada
- ಭಾವಾವೇಶಗೊಂಡ, ಉದ್ರೇಕಗೊಂಡ, ಭಾವೋನ್ಮತ್ತ
Examples of frenetic in a sentence
- Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, unorthodox entrepreneur and frenetic campaigner, has written a book.
- We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
- The legs launch into a frenetic dance, their kicking feet turning to face the mirror.
Synonyms of frenetic
Forms of frenetic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more frenetic |
| superlative | most frenetic |
| alternative form (archaic) | phrenetic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | phrenetick |
| alternative form (obsolete) | phrentic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | phrentick |
| Noun | |
| plural | frenetics |
Origin of frenetic
From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic. Etymologically, initial stress would be expected (compare the syncopic form phrentic); the modern pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is due to the influence of other words ending in -etic such as phonetic and sympathetic.
Words formed from frenetic
Words that rhyme with frenetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about frenetic
- What does frenetic mean?
- Frenetic means frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
- What is frenetic in Bengali?
- Frenetic in Bengali is অত্যন্ত উত্তেজিত, বিশৃঙ্খল. See Frenetic meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is frenetic?
- Frenetic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce frenetic?
- Frenetic is pronounced /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near frenetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: frenetic (page history and authors); frenetic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frenetic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); frenetic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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