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Webster 1913 Edition

Frenetic

Fre-net′ic

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Adj.

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Adj.

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Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic; frenzied.

Milton.

Syn. – frenetical.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frenetic

FRENET'IC

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Adj.

[See Frantic and Phrenetic.]

Definition 2025

frenetic

frenetic

English

Alternative forms

phrenetic (dated)
phrenetick (obsolete)
phrentic, phrentick (obsolete)

Adjective

frenetic ‎(comparative more frenetic, superlative most frenetic)

Fast, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
(obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
(obsolete, medicine) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.

Synonyms

frantic, frenzied

Translations

fast, frantic, harried, or frenzied

Catalan: frenètic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發狂的 (zh), 发狂的 (zh) ‎(fākuáng de)
Dutch: frenetiek, bezeten (nl)
Finnish: kiihkeä (fi), raivokas, kuumeinen (fi)
French: frénétique (fr)
German: frenetisch (de), phrenetisch (obsolete)
Hungarian: frenetikus

Italian: frenetico (it)
Norwegian: frenetisk
Polish: szalony (pl), szaleńczy (pl)
Portuguese: frenético (pt) m
Russian: неи́стовый (ru) ‎(neístovyj), безу́мный (ru) ‎(bezúmnyj), бе́шеный (ru) ‎(béšenyj), вне себя́ (ru) ‎(vne sebjá)
Spanish: frenético

Related terms

Noun

frenetic ‎(plural frenetics)

One who is frenetic.

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