frenzy

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A state of wild activity or panic.
2. (countable, uncountable) A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.

Adj

Mad; frantic.

Verb

1. (uncommon) To render frantic.
2. (rare) To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy.

Synonyms

madness

fury

rage

😡

delirium

craze

hysteria

excitement

passion

distraction

lunacy

mania

furor

commotion

hurry

violence

insanity

hurriedness

craziness

anger

💢

stupidity

turbulence

uproar

vehemence

zeal

zealotry

Bacchic

oestrum

nympholepsy

ecstasy

be irate

be wrathful

violent anger

aberrance

exaggerated selfconfidence

aberration

ardor

ardour

be furious

buzz

cacoethes

fervor

furore

heat

infatuation

intoxication

ire

oestrus

panic

phrenitis

rampage

Translations

frénésie

frenesí

frenesia

frenesi

Wahnsinn

rabies

😡

Raserei

delirio

waanzin

délire

aberration

φρενίτιδα

aliénation

folie

frenesí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹɛnzi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frensy

In summary

From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.