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Meanings of phrenetic in English

Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion.

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Examples for "frantic"
1
I feel frantic- Ididn'task him what I wanted to ask him.
Allegiant
2
Sadly the quality did not match expectations; it was frantic and physical.
The Irish Times
3
She held up a hand, frantic to keep the situation from escalating.
Beneath a southern sky
4
We had a very frantic week this week with the cold open.
The new yorker
5
Bottlers in South Africa are frantic about the likely loss of jobs.
Reuters
1
This time, however, the crime scene showed evidence of a frenzied attack.
Silent screams
2
The grasp is firm but not frenzied; there is true energy involved.
T'ai Chi
3
Prior to Monday, traders say frenzied trading activity had generally been orderly.
Reuters
4
One more dropped; and the sole surviving wolf beat a frenzied retreat.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
5
Power surged through him, breaking in a frenzied wave through his body.
Damaged
1
IT'S been a frenetic year for the Irish sunshine package tour business.
The Irish Times
2
They'd have to push fast, said Johnson, whose stage presence is frenetic.
Reuters
3
August has always been a frenetic month and September is building nicely.
The Irish Times
4
Sometimes gentlealmost static, at other times frenetic, with a touch of violence.
Radio NZ
5
The second half started at the same frenetic pace as the first.
The Guardian
Usage of phrenetic in English
1
It was a phrenetic indictment, but under the paltry rhetoric of the man there was genuine indignation and pain.
The Inheritors
2
Returning from a tw-week trip out of town the bird-hater turned on the conditioner and was rewarded with phrenetic rattles, chirps, and flutterings.
The new yorker
Phrenetic through the time