| 单词 | frenetic |
| 释义 | frenetic (once / 10341 pages) adj The adjective frenetic is another way to say frenzied, frantic, or totally worked up. Kind of how you'd run around the kitchen madly trying to cook a last-minute dinner for 30 of your closest friends. Sometimes tinged with fear and often quite maniacal, frenetic comes from the Latin phreneticus, meaning “delirious.” The Latin word, in turn, came from a similarly spelled Greek word which, when translated literally, means “inflammation of the brain.” So it's no surprise that a frenetic person looks absolutely crazed and super anxious. WORD FAMILYfrenetic: frenetically USAGE EXAMPLESThe relentless athleticism and frenetic pace delighted the home crowd and dizzied the visiting team. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) But during the frenetic whirl of exhibition preparations, Owens was nowhere on site. Los Angeles Times(Dec 17, 2016) It's lunch time and the kitchen is a hive of frenetic activity. BBC(Dec 14, 2016) adj excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion frenetic screams followed the accident Syn frantic, frenzied, phrenetic agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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