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frenzy

/ˈfɹɛnzi/

frenzy noun: a state of wild activity or panic.

Noun

frenzy (countable and uncountable, plural frenzies)

  1. A state of wild activity or panic.
    • international media frenzy
    • She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
  2. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
    • The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
    • All else is towering frenzy and distraction.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 18

Adjective

frenzy (comparative more frenzy, superlative most frenzy)

  1. (obsolete) Mad; frantic.
    • They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

Verb

frenzy (third-person singular simple present frenzies, present participle frenzying, simple past and past participle frenzied)

  1. (uncommon) To render frantic.
    • Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate.1833, James Anthony Froude, Fraser's Magazine - Volume 7, page 456
    • Then there is the absorbing, not to say frenzying, interest, which attends our important elections.1865, Gerrit Smith, Speeches and Letters of Gerrit Smith, page 14
  2. (rare) To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.
    • The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.2009, Louise Southerden, Surf's Up: The Girl's Guide to Surfing, →ISBN

frenzy meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

frenzy in Hindi

frenzy, excitement
आवेश āveś
frenzy, passion, emotion
प्रणयोन्माद praṇayonmād
frenzy; lust
प्रमाद pramād

frenzy in Urdu

عارضی جنون, ہذیان, جوش, سرسام, سودا

frenzy in Bengali

frenzy, violence
তাণ্ডব tanḍob

frenzy in Telugu

state of wild activity or panic
వీరావేశము vīrāvēśamu
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frenzy in Malayalam
പരിഭ്രമം, ഉന്മത്തത, കോപാവേശം, ഭ്രാന്തിൻറെ ചേഷ്ട
frenzy in Kannada
ಉನ್ಮಾದ, ಉದ್ರೇಕ, ಮನೋವೈಕಲ್ಯ, ಬುದ್ಧಿಭ್ರಮಣೆ
frenzy in Sanskrit
प्रणयोन्माद praṇayonmāda

Examples of frenzy in a sentence

  • The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066[:] The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, in dictionary of english down through the ages[:] words &...
  • He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 119:

All 40 example sentences with frenzy

Forms of frenzy

Noun
pluralfrenzies
alternative formphrenzy
alternative formphrensy
Adjective
comparativemore frenzy
superlativemost frenzy
Verb
third-person singular presentfrenzies
present participlefrenzying
past participlefrenzied
pastfrenzied

Plural of frenzy: frenzies

Origin of frenzy

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.

Words formed from frenzy

Questions about frenzy

What does frenzy mean?
Frenzy means a state of wild activity or panic.
What is frenzy in Hindi?
Frenzy in Hindi is आवेश (āveś), प्रणयोन्माद (praṇayonmād), प्रमाद (pramād). See Frenzy meaning in Hindi.
How do you use frenzy in a sentence?
The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
What part of speech is frenzy?
Frenzy can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce frenzy?
Frenzy is pronounced /ˈfɹɛnzi/.
What is the plural of frenzy?
The plural of frenzy is frenzies.

Words near frenzy in the dictionary

  1. frenzied
  2. frenziedly
  3. frenziedness
  4. frenzies
  5. frenzily
  6. frenzy
  7. frenzying
  8. Freo
  9. Freo Doctor
  10. freon
  11. freons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frenzy (page history and authors); आवेश (Hindi) (page history and authors); frenzy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তাণ্ডব (Bengali) (page history and authors); frenzy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frenzy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रणयोन्माद (Sanskrit) (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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