Frenzy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural fren·zies.
  1. a state of extreme mental agitation or wild excitement: There's something big businesses love about working their customers into a frenzy of anticipation.
  2. a burst of agitated, energetic action or activity: Athens in the late 1960s was in the midst of a building frenzy.
  3. a fit or spell of mental derangement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania: He is subject to these frenzies several times a year.
verb (used with object), fren·zied, fren·zy·ing.
  1. to drive into a frenzy; make frantic: She was frenzied by fear when she smelled the smoke.
noun plural -zies
  1. violent mental derangement
  2. wild excitement or agitation; distraction
  3. a bout of wild or agitated activity
verb -zies, -zying or -zied
  1. to make frantic; drive into a frenzy
Frenzy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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