Meaning of PHRENETIC
| Pronunciation: | | fri'netik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye" |
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| | Synonyms: | | agitated, frantic, frenetic, frenzied |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Phre*net"ic\, Phrenetical \Phre*net"ic*al\, a. [L.
phreneticus, Gr. ?, ?: cf. F. phr['e]n['e]tique. See
{Frantic}, and cf. {Frenetic}.]
Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad;
frantic; frenetic. -- {Phre*net"ic*al*ly}, adv.
\Phre*net"ic\, n.
One who is phrenetic. --Harvey.
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| | Related Terms: | | amok, at fever pitch, bacchic, berserk, corybantic, delirious, desperate, Dionysiac, fanatical, febrile, feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hyperactive, hyperkinetic, hysteric, infatuated, insane, intrusive, like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, officious, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, perfervid, rabid, raging, ranting, raving, raving mad, running wild, stark-raving mad, ultrazealous, uncontrollable, violent, wild |
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