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单词 frenetically
释义

frenetic

adjective

fre·​net·​ic fri-ˈne-tik How to pronounce frenetic (audio)
: marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied, frantic sense 2
a frenetic attempt to beat a deadline
frenetic bursts of energy
maintaining a frenetic pace
… succumb to exhaustion merely trying to keep up with the president's frenetic schedule. The Economist
… the "threatening" success of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," the signature book of the 1950s Beat Generation, and its frenetic search for sensation. Dennis Farney
frenetically
fri-ˈne-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce frenetic (audio)
adverb
Dillon and Deanne laughed and boogied frenetically for a moment, and then began to waltz as the speed was adjusted … Peter Cameron
Impulsive, provocative, frenetically energetic, teeming with ideas, articulate, generous and courageous, Dr Kouchner is also blunt, abrasive, impatient, disorganised, opinionated and quick-tempered. The Economist
freneticism
fri-ˈne-tə-ˌsi-zəm How to pronounce frenetic (audio)
noun
… the freneticism of the urban milieu of the late fifties and early sixties … Gregory W. Bredbeck
Nonstop one-liners, cartoon characters, pointless freneticism and a ridiculous denouement do not a mystery novel make. Sybil Steinberg

Did you know?

When life gets frenetic, things can seem absolutely insane—at least that seems to be what folks in the Middle Ages thought. Frenetik, in Middle English, meant "insane." When the word no longer denoted stark raving madness, it conjured up fanatical zealots. Today, its seriousness has been downgraded to something more akin to "hectic." But if you trace frenetic back through Anglo-French and Latin, you'll find that it comes from Greek phrenitis, a term describing an inflammation of the brain. Phren, the Greek word for "mind," is a root you will recognize in schizophrenic. As for frenzied and frantic, they're not only synonyms of frenetic but relatives as well. Frantic comes from frenetik, and frenzied traces back to phrenitis.

Synonyms

  • delirious
  • ferocious
  • feverish
  • fierce
  • frantic
  • frenzied
  • furious
  • mad
  • rabid
  • violent
  • wild
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Example Sentences

The celebration was noisy and frenetic. the frenetic rush to get every member of the cast in place before the curtain went up
Recent Examples on the Web Even as a rookie, relying on frenetic effort and athleticism more than patient analysis and technique, Oweh recorded five sacks and 15 quarterback hits in 15 games. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2022 And then your behavior can be so frenetic and compulsive that people are like, what is wrong with that person? Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 Though effective, this mode of play is much less exciting than the frenetic action that characterizes the game when a power orb is not in play. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 June 2022 The frenetic action was back-and-forth throughout, as neither team led by more than two possessions until Gobert’s pair of free throws pushed the Jazz’s advantage to seven just before halftime. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022 Cinematographer José David Montero further elevates the outlandish in the frenetic, funny sequences and the melodramatic undertones of the budding romance. Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022 As Emma, McCambridge is as idiosyncratically frenetic as Crawford and Hayden are tightly controlled. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022 Step back, and all that frenetic linear activity coalesces into the rippling surface of water. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 His sophomore and junior soccer seasons were jammed together due to the pandemic, playing in the spring and fall only months apart during a frenetic 2021 calendar year. Patrick Z. Mcgavin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English frenetik, frentik, frantike "temporarily deranged, delirious," borrowed from Anglo-French frenetic, frenetique, borrowed from Latin phrenēticus "suffering from madness," borrowed from Greek phrenētikós, late variant of phrenītikós, from phrenîtis "inflammation of the brain, delirium, insanity" (from phren-, phrḗn "midriff, seat of the passions, mind, wit" —of uncertain origin— + -ītis -itis) + -ikos -ic entry 1

Note: The variants frentik and frantike suggest that frenetic was originally stressed on the first syllable; compare frantic, frenzy. — It has been assumed since antiquity that Greek phrḗn originally referred to a body part, but the nature of that part has never been completely clarified. Of the instances of the word in the Iliad and Odyssey (usually in the plural phrénes) that do not unambiguously refer to mental faculties, the consensus has been since the Homeric scholiasts that the word refers to the midriff and more specifically to the diaphragm. But occurrences in the Iliad such as the following passage (XVI, 503-04) would appear to indicate otherwise: "ho dè làx en stḗthesi baínōn / ek chroòs hélke dóru, protì dè phrénes autôi héponto" ("… and Patroklos stepping heel braced to chest dragged / the spear out of his [the Lycian hero Sarpedon's] body, and the midriff came away with it"—Richmond Lattimore translation). The phrénes that come out with the spear cannot reasonably refer to the entire midsection of Sarpedon's torso, nor does it seem likely that the diaphragm—mostly a thin sheet of tissue between the lungs and abdominal organs—would be pulled out either. (For detailed discussion of Greek usage see S. Ireland and F. L. D. Steel, "Greek φρένες as an anatomical Organ in the Works of Homer," Glotta, 53. Band, Heft 3/4 [1975], pp. 183-95.) Though ablaut variants of phrḗn have a rich derivational history in Greek, the word has no sure Indo-European etymology. A connection with Old Icelandic grunr "suspicion," gruna, grunda "to suspect" (presumed Indo-European *gwhren-?, with no other Germanic congeners) is doubtful at best. The formation of phrḗn is paralleled by several other body part words, as adḗn "gland" (see adeno-), auchḗn "neck, throat," splḗn "spleen" (see spleen).

First Known Use

circa 1529, in the meaning defined above

frenetically

adverb

as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner we spent all morning frenetically searching the house for the lost keys

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • frantically
  • wildly
  • wild
  • uncontrollably
  • frenziedly
  • desperately
  • hectically
  • madly
  • berserk
  • amok
  • amuck
  • crazily
  • agitatedly
  • harum-scarum
  • recklessly
  • feverishly
  • confusedly
  • berserkly
  • haywire
  • riotously
  • heedlessly
  • pell-mell
  • helter-skelter
  • haphazardly
  • tumultuously
  • turbulently
  • aimlessly
  • skittishly
  • chaotically
  • wantonly
  • haphazard
  • hotheadedly
  • topsy-turvy
  • hit or miss

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • calmly
  • coolly
  • serenely
  • placidly
  • peacefully
  • cooly
  • imperturbably
  • unconcernedly
  • passively
  • mildly
  • systematically
  • composedly
  • collectedly
  • methodically
  • meekly
  • orderly
  • tamely
  • self-composedly
  • self-possessedly
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