frenzied
/ˈfrɛnzid
/adjective
Wildly excited or uncontrolled: a frenzied attack...
- We took our seats and tried to make sense of the frenzied activity and furious number calling all around us.
- Thus they began to reap the rewards of a year of desperate, frenzied activity.
- As they questioned the Algerian fugitive, another man who was in the flat launched a frenzied attack with a kitchen knife.
Synonyms
frantic, wild, frenetic, hectic, fraught, feverish, fevered, mad, crazed, manic, hyperactive, energetic, intense, furious, fast and furious, turbulent, tumultuous, confused, confusing;
panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicky, hysterical, desperate
British informal swivel-eyed
Derivatives
frenziedly
- Already provoked with sharp pins on which ribbons flutter gaily, the bull rushes frenziedly out and stands in the middle of the arena, looking confused by the roar of applause.
- But Argento puts all that juvenile hurt and defensive self-love across in a manner as frenziedly decadent as her dad's.
- The complete manuscript, even after it had been frenziedly edited, still came to about 300,000 words.