frenetic
frantic; frenzied.
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Origin of frenetic
1- Also fre·net·i·cal, phrenetic, phrenetical.
Other words from frenetic
- fre·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·fre·net·ic, adjective
- non·fre·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use frenetic in a sentence
Other research shows teens have been getting more sleep and feeling less taxed by their formerly frenetic schedules.
However, confronting the covid crisis has been an ongoing case of catch-up, trying to find and correlate critical data to save lives, and Geraghty doesn’t want to see that level of frenetic activity repeated.
Envisioning better health outcomes for all | Jason Sparapani | January 26, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewNBA free agency tends to be frenetic, but this year’s delayed and condensed period was a full-fledged speed-dating session.
NBA free agency winners and losers: A tough weekend for the Wizards and Knicks | Ben Golliver | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostLaimbeer said he didn’t change much tactically, and the Aces didn’t even play at their typical frenetic pace.
The Seattle Storm Have Been Here Before. Can The Las Vegas Aces Break Through? | Howard Megdal | October 2, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightDuring the day, these hummingbirds’ tiny-yet-mighty hearts can beat 1,200 times a minute to power their frenetic lifestyle.
This hummingbird survives cold nights by nearly freezing itself solid | Jonathan Lambert | September 8, 2020 | Science News
The whole scene looks like a frenetic burlesque show-themed bachelorette party.
And the Wiener Is…My Trip to Brooklyn’s Smallest Penis Pageant | Tessa Miller | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe meeting will cap a frenetic fundraising season for the conservative donor network.
Koch Brothers Unveil New Strategy at Big Donor Retreat | Peter Stone | June 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith alternating chapters, the novel takes us on a frenetic journey through the perspectives of these unlikely apocalyptos.
In a New Novel, Apathetic Teenagers Usher in the Apocalypse | Elliot Ackerman | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo preserve the frenetic flavor of the scene, I have left in the interview a few of these interruptions.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI don't quite understand how a city can be so sedate and frenetic at the same time, but somehow Los Angeles manages it.
On the Road, Old Bean: Two Brits Adventures in America | Jessica Ferri | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNever in my life did I hear such frenetic and yet cordial applause.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock Thayer“frenetic to be free,” like the pennon, is in this sense the concentration of its meaning.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeAnd the toy flag there floated where he raised it aloft, "frenetic," as Browning says, "to be free."
The Camp-life of the Third Regiment | Robert T. KerlinHis coal-black eyes suddenly flashed with fanatic, frenetic light.
The Door into Infinity | Edmond HamiltonThere was in him the frenetic unconscious desire to rid himself of the thing he had come to believe inferior.
Musical Portraits | Paul Rosenfeld
British Dictionary definitions for frenetic
/ (frɪˈnɛtɪk) /
distracted or frantic; frenzied
Origin of frenetic
1Derived forms of frenetic
- frenetically, adverb
- freneticness, noun
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