Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement.
- noun Temporary madness or delirium.
- noun A mania; a craze.
- transitive verb To drive into a frenzy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render frantic; drive to distraction.
- noun Violent agitation of the mind approaching to temporary derangement of the mental faculties; distraction; delirium; madness.
- noun Synonyms Mania, Madness, etc. (see
insanity ); rage, fury, raving. - Mad; delirious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.
- adjective rare Mad; frantic.
- transitive verb rare To affect with frenzy; to drive to madness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A state of
wild activity orpanic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun state of violent mental agitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive”
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If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive” then my friend you are a sad individual.
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In a rage, he lunged at her in frenzy while she avoids the knife.
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The media frenzy is over, but the problem lingers on.
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Should we give Al Queada more press and mind-share power: No. Remember: a media feeding frenzy is oxygen to their cause.
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Next in the feeding frenzy is Naked in Death by J.D. Robb.
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The media frenzy is over, but the problem lingers on.
Gina Solomon: Six Months, Five Shrimp and One Nasty Mess: Health and Seafood Safety Concerns From BP Spill Still Linger in Gulf Today Gina Solomon 2010
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The media frenzy is over, but the problem lingers on.
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The pension obligation bond frenzy is so devoid of “public purpose” and so fully bypasses even the economic rent concept that only an economist could see through the haze.
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Mix well with lies, sprinkle in copious amounts of fear and stir until a frenzy is reached.
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dmcleod0914 commented on the word frenzy
"I was far to lost in my own frenzyof anticipation to notice much of what she said." - Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.145
December 1, 2010