frenzy
noun, plural fren·zies.
verb (used with object), fren·zied, fren·zy·ing.
Origin of frenzy
Synonyms for frenzy
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Related Words for frenzy
turmoil, fever, madness, burst, fury, rage, excitement, mania, passion, free-for-all, furor, outburst, craze, hysteria, agitation, ruction, seizure, conniption, convulsion, transportExamples from the Web for frenzy
Contemporary Examples of frenzy
I am scared that, like me, they will arrive and see a frenzy of disorganization, fear and, most frightening, quarantine.
The media goes into a frenzy when egregious examples of bad mothers occur, like Susan Smith or Casey Anthony.
Republicans have been in a frenzy since realizing that the IRS was missing two years of Lerner emails.
Arriving at the Melody Ballroom, the atmosphere was a frenzy of joy, jubilation and holy bedlam.
In a frenzy of activity, he set to work filling the wall of his studio.
Historical Examples of frenzy
Their walk was a delight to him, their roaring gallop a frenzy of eager sensation.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Nor, in the blindness of his frenzy, had he seen when she had gone nor whither she went.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
Have a care, Jinkins, ere you provoke a desperate man to frenzy!
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
Clotilde, in a frenzy of grief, raised her arm, as if to drive her out of the room.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
They could do neither now, for the fear that possessed them at sight of Israel's frenzy.
The ScapegoatHall Caine