Definition of Frenzy

1. Noun. State of violent mental agitation.

Exact synonyms: Craze, Delirium, Fury, Hysteria
Specialized synonyms: Nympholepsy, Epidemic Hysertia, Mass Hysteria
Generic synonyms: Mania, Manic Disorder
Derivative terms: Craze, Crazy, Delirious, Delirious, Infuriate, Hysterical

Definition of Frenzy

1. n. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.

2. a. Mad; frantic.

3. v. t. To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness

Definition of Frenzy

1. Noun. A state of wild activity or panic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frenzy

1. to make frantic [v -ZIED, -ZYING, -ZIES] - See also: frantic

Medical Definition of Frenzy

1. Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. "All else is towering frenzy and distraction." (Addison) "The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling." (Shak) Synonym: Insanity, lunacy, madness, derangment, alienation, aberration, delirium. See Insanity. Origin: OE. Frenesie, fransey, F. Frenesie, L. Phrenesis, fr. Gr. For disease of the mind, phrenitis, fr. Mind. Cf. Frantic, Phrenitis. (07 Apr 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frenzy

frenulum of tongue
frenulum valvae ileocaecalis
frenulum veli medullaris superioris
frenulums
frenum
frenums
frenzical
frenzied
frenziedly
frenziedness
frenzies
frenzily
frenzy (current term)
frenzying
freon
freons
frequence
frequences
frequencies
frequency
frequency-response characteristic
frequency-response curve
frequency-shift keying
frequency analysis
frequency band
frequency channel

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