Fierce passion, disorder or tumult of mind approaching madness; esp. wild anger, frenzied rage; also, a fit or access of such passion.

The state of being ‘beside oneself’, thrown into a frenzy or a stupor, with anxiety, astonishment, fear, or passion.

In plural. A perplexed condition, a state of frenzy.

Extreme or inordinate intensity or violence (of passion, action, suffering, labour, etc.); an instance of this; a violent outburst. Obsolete.

Force or intensity of personal feeling, action, expression, etc.; = vehemence, n. 1a. Also occasionally: an instance of this; = vehemence, n. 1b.

A state of passion; a paroxysm, fit. rare (English regional (Yorkshire) and Scottish in later use).

A strong fit or attack of (some emotion or mental state). Obsolete.

In various uses originally transferred from 3. A violent access or outburst of laughter, tears, rage, etc.

The state of being ‘carried out of oneself’, i.e. out of one's normal mental condition; vehement emotion (now usually of a pleasurable kind); mental…

An instance of this; a vehement impulse or action. rare.

Violent excitement; rage, fury; an outburst of excitement or rage. Now rare.

The action or an act of raving; a fit of madness, delirium, or (in extended use) great excitement; a frenzy.

The action or an act of rampaging; a state of excitement or violent passion; (also) a period of violent, uncontrollable, and usually destructive…

A fit of rage, melancholy, etc.; a sudden change of mood or behaviour; (also) a sudden and severe attack of mental illness; an epileptic seizure. In…

An act of tearing, in senses 8 and 9 of the verb. A rage or passion; a violent flurry.

Wild or frenzied behaviour, characteristic of maenads.