Synonyms for frenzy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fren-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛn zi |
Top 10 synonyms for frenzy Other synonyms for the word frenzy
- aberration
- agitation
- blow
- blow a fuse
- blow one's cork
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- bout
- conniption
- convulsion
- delirium
- derangement
- distemper
- distraction
- dithers
- ferment
- fit
- flap
- flip one's lid
- fuss
- hell broke loose
- insanity
- lather
- lunacy
- outburst
- paroxysm
- passion
- rage
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumble
- rumpus
- seizure
- spasm
- stew
- stir
- to-do
- transport
- turmoil
- wingding
Définition of frenzy
Origin :- mid-14c., "delirium, insanity," from Old French frenesie, from Medieval Latin phrenesia, from phrenesis, back-formation from Latin phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic). Meaning "excited state of mind" is from c.1400.
- noun uncontrolled state or situation
- Their walk was a delight to him, their roaring gallop a frenzy of eager sensation.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Nor, in the blindness of his frenzy, had he seen when she had gone nor whither she went.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Have a care, Jinkins, ere you provoke a desperate man to frenzy!
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Clotilde, in a frenzy of grief, raised her arm, as if to drive her out of the room.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- They could do neither now, for the fear that possessed them at sight of Israel's frenzy.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- John rebuked them and turned them out of the room, but he was almost in as great a frenzy.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Call it frenzy if you like—I don't much mind what people call it.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- If so, it was the frenzy of a self-sacrifice that was sublimity itself.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- The girl was in a sort of frenzy of excitement and hysterical exaltation.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It is the frenzy into which men whip themselves to justify an evil passion.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
Antonyms for frenzy
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