phrenetic
91frenetic — [frə net′ik] adj. [see PHRENETIC] frantic; frenzied: also frenetical frenetically adv …
92frenzy — [fren′zē] n. pl. frenzies [ME frenesie < OFr < ML phrenesia < L phrenesis < LGr phrenēsis < Gr phrenitis, madness, inflammation of the brain < phrēn, mind: see PHRENETIC] wild or frantic outburst of feeling or action; specif.,… …
93agitated — adjective 1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply (Freq. 2) agitated parents • Ant: ↑unagitated • Similar to: ↑aroused, ↑emotional, ↑excited, ↑worke …
94frantic — adj. 1 wildly excited; frenzied. 2 characterized by great hurry or anxiety; desperate, violent. 3 colloq. extreme; very great. Derivatives: frantically adv. franticly adv. franticness n. Etymology: ME frentik, frantik f. OF frenetique f. L… …
95frenetic — adj. 1 frantic, frenzied. 2 fanatic. Derivatives: frenetically adv. Etymology: ME f. OF frenetique f. L phreneticus f. Gk phrenitikos f. phrenitis delirium f. phren phrenos mind * * * frenetic etc.: see phrenetic, etc …
96frenzied — adjective 1. affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason (Freq. 1) a frenzied attack a frenzied mob the prosecutor s frenzied denunciation of the accused H.W.Carter outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and… …
97phrenetical — adjective see phrenetic I …
98phrenesis — /fri nēˈsis/ noun 1. Phrenitis 2. Delirium 3. Frenzy ORIGIN: Gr phrēn, phrenos midriff (supposed seat of passions, mind and will) For phrenetic, phrenetical, and phrenetically see frenetic phrenˈism noun A supposed ‘mind force’ described by ED… …
99phrentick — an old form of ↑frantic (or phrenetic (see ↑frenetic)) …
100phre|net´i|cal|ly — phre|net|ic «frih NEHT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. excessively excited; frenzied; frantic: »He would…make them even more phrenetic than they had been originally (New Yorker). 2. = insane. (Cf. ↑insane) –n. = madman. (Cf. ↑madman) Also …
