adjective · rare

frenetic

frenetic · more frenetic · most frenetic

неистовый, безумный, бешеный, вне себя

frenetisch, phrenetisch

Frenzied and frantic, harriedFrenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.

/fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/

» My night shift wasn't quite as frenetic as the night before.

Meaning

3 senses

Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
frenetisch, phrenetisch
неи́стовыйneístovyj, безу́мныйbezúmnyj, бе́шеныйbéšenyj
(obsolete)Mentally deranged, insane.
(obsolete)Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.

More definitions

excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

Examples

2 sentences

My night shift wasn't quite as frenetic as the night before.
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Frenetic applause showed him that the majority understood him and wholeheartedly agreed.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

fast, frantic, harried, or frenzied:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

fast, frantic, harried, or frenzied:

Origin

From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), f

From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic.

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