frenzied

English

Alternative forms

• phrenzied (chiefly archaic)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

frenzied (comparative more frenzied, superlative most frenzied)

1. In a state of hurry, panic or wild activity.

   Preparations for the president's arrival made for a frenzied week.

   • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:

     Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.

Related terms

• frenzy

Translations

In a state of hurry, panic or wild activity.

• Bikol Central: labulabo
• Bulgarian: обезумял (bg) (obezumjal), неистов (bg) (neistov)
• German: wild (de), stürmisch (de), rasend (de), hektisch (de), chaotisch (de), ungestüm (de), fieberhaft (de)
• Latin: furiālis

References

• “frenzied”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.