frenzy
/ˈfrɛnzi
/noun (plural frenzies) [usually in singular]
A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour: Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage...
- And in a wild frenzy, Jones also tried to bite other people as police struggled to arrest him.
- Then suddenly there was a frenzy of excitement in one corner of the square.
- The sea always reminds me of a slumbering monster, waiting for a storm to whip it into a wild frenzy.
Synonyms
hysteria, madness, mania, insanity, derangement, dementedness, delirium, feverishness, fever, wildness, distraction, agitation, turmoil, tumult;
wild excitement, euphoria, elation, ecstasy
informal craziness
rare deliration
fit, seizure, paroxysm, spasm, bout, outburst;
ferment, fever, storm
Origin
Middle English: from Old French frenesie, from medieval Latin phrenesia, from Latin phrenesis, from Greek phrēn 'mind'.