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fre·net·ic
or phre·net·ic (frə-nĕt′ĭk) also fre·net·i·cal or phre·net·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj.
Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.
[Middle English frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus, from Greek phrenītikos, from phrenītis, brain disease, from phrēn, mind; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.]
fre·net′i·cal·ly adv.
fre·net′i·cism (-ĭ-sĭz′əm) n.
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frenetic
(frɪˈnɛtɪk) orfrenetical
adj
distracted or frantic; frenzied
[C14: via Old French frenetique from Latin phrenēticus, from Greek phrenētikos, from phrenitis insanity, from phrēn mind]
freˈnetically adv
freˈneticness n
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fre•net•ic
(frəˈnɛt ɪk)also fre•net′i•cal,
adj.
frantic; frenzied.
[1350–1400; Middle English; see frantic]
fre•net′i•cal•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | frenetic - excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye" agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents" |
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frenetic
adjective frantic, wild, excited, crazy, frenzied, distraught, obsessive, fanatical, demented, unbalanced, overwrought, maniacal the frenetic pace of life in New York
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