frenetic
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- frenetically adverb
- freneticness noun
- nonfrenetic adjective
- nonfrenetically adverb
Etymology
Origin of frenetic
First recorded in 1350–1400; frantic
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Example Sentences
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One final burst of frenetic gluing and sanding, and Marie-Laure’s father has completed the model of Saint-Malo.
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All five senses were bombarded by the frenetic activity of the shopkeepers in the medina as I walked to school every morning through the winding streets of the old city.
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At St. Peter Street he got out and first heard the noise, dim yet frenetic singing and laughing coming from the three-story yellow stucco building.
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It is less frenetic than it was during the day, like the nurses and machines are all a little tired and have reverted to power-save mode.
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The other townsfolk—rubes, as Uncle Al called them—had already made their way through the menagerie tent and into the big top, which pulsed with frenetic music.
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