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frenetic

(frɪnetɪk)
adjective
If you describe an activity as frenetic, you mean that it is fast and energetic, but rather uncontrolled.
...the frenetic pace of life in New York.
This frenetic activity is the sign of a worried man.
Synonyms: frantic, wild, excited, crazy More Synonyms of frenetic
frenetically (frɪnetɪkli) adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
Steve and I worked frenetically to ensure that everything would go smoothly.

frenetic in British English

(frɪˈnɛtɪk) or frenetical (frɪˈnɛtɪkəl)
adjective
distracted or frantic; frenzied
Derived forms
frenetically (freˈnetically)
adverb
freneticness (freˈneticness)
noun
Word origin
C14: via Old French frenetique from Latin phrenēticus, from Greek phrenētikos, from phrenitis insanity, from phrēn mind

frenetic in American English

(frəˈnɛtɪk)
adjective
frantic; frenzied
: also freˈnetical
Derived forms
frenetically (freˈnetically)
adverb
Word origin
see phrenetic

Examples of 'frenetic' in a sentence
frenetic

The pace is so frenetic that interesting things get passed by too quickly.
The Sun (2016)
Lower down the valley, the scene is less frenetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
By early June the activity was frenetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How often in our frenetic world do we stop to look properly?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Who is to blame for this frenetic pace?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They were less exciting but also less frenetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
More at home dealing with the less frenetic continental approach.
The Sun (2009)
There is a welcome absence of frenetic activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But how to find it in a frenetic modern world?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The second half was a little more frenetic as the pace quickened a step or two.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The frenetic activity masks a grim outlook for retailers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She drives us to our hotel through a city heaving with frenetic activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The delay of almost a month meant that when work resumed it was at a frenetic pace.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Investors should resist the temptation to sell a stock because of frenetic activity around them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Launched into an almighty whinge about the frenetic pace of both of our lives instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
By any measure the pace has been frenetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We live in a frenetic world.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The pace is measured and far less frenetic than in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
First, there is such a thing in our frenetic world as absolute peace.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We could happily have spent a week there but after three days we were also pleased to be on our way somewhere a little less frenetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Nowadays, life is less frenetic for the 53-year-old.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Government in the 1940s and Fifties was a much less frenetic affair.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But how often in our frenetic modern world do we take the time to consider anything with such careful, scrupulous, meditative intensity?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
frenetic

British English: frenetic ADJECTIVE
If you describe an activity as frenetic, you mean that it is fast and energetic, but rather uncontrolled.
...the frenetic pace of life in a big city.
  • American English: frenetic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: frenético
  • Chinese: 迅捷狂乱的
  • European Spanish: frenético
  • French: frénétique
  • German: frenetisch
  • Italian: frenetico
  • Japanese: 熱狂的な
  • Korean: 정신없이 돌아가는
  • European Portuguese: frenético
  • Latin American Spanish: frenético

(adjective) 
Definition
wild, excited, and uncontrolled
the frenetic pace of life in New York
Synonyms
frantic
A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic.
wild
The children were wild with excitement.
excited
crazy
frenzied
the frenzied activity of the general election
fanatical
As a boy he was a fanatical patriot.
unbalanced
overwrought
When I'm feeling overwrought, I try to take some time out to relax.
maniacal
She is hunched over the wheel with a maniacal expression.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of fanatical
Definition
excessively enthusiastic
As a boy he was a fanatical patriot.
Synonyms
obsessive,
burning,
wild,
mad,
extreme,
enthusiastic,
passionate,
frenzied,
visionary,
fervent,
zealous,
bigoted,
rabid,
immoderate,
overenthusiastic,
swivel-eyed (slang)
in the sense of frenzied
the frenzied activity of the general election
Synonyms
uncontrolled,
wild,
excited,
mad,
crazy,
furious,
frantic,
distraught,
hysterical,
agitated,
frenetic,
feverish,
rabid,
maniacal
in the sense of maniacal
She is hunched over the wheel with a maniacal expression.
Synonyms
crazed,
mad,
crazy (informal),
wild,
raving,
frenzied,
demented,
deranged,
berserk

Synonyms of 'frenetic'

frenetic

Explore 'frenetic' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of overwrought
Definition
tense, nervous, and agitated
When I'm feeling overwrought, I try to take some time out to relax.
Synonyms
distraught,
upset,
excited,
desperate,
wired (slang),
anxious,
distressed,
tense,
distracted,
frantic,
in a state,
hysterical,
wound up (informal),
worked up (informal),
agitated,
uptight (informal),
on edge,
strung out (informal),
out of your mind,
keyed up,
overexcited,
in a tizzy (informal),
at the end of your tether,
wrought-up,
beside yourself,
in a twitter (informal),
tooshie (Australian, slang),
adrenalized
in the sense of wild
Definition
in a state of extreme emotional intensity
The children were wild with excitement.
Synonyms
excited,
mad (informal),
crazy (informal),
eager,
nuts (slang),
enthusiastic,
raving,
frantic,
daft (informal),
frenzied,
hysterical,
avid,
potty (British, informal),
delirious,
agog
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