frenetic
adjective/frəˈnetɪk/
/frəˈnetɪk/
- involving a lot of energy and activity in a way that is not organized
- a scene of frenetic activity
- to live at a frenetic pace
- Liverpool scored two goals in a frenetic final ten minutes.
- She rushed from city to city at a frenetic pace.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFrenetic is used with these nouns:- activity
- pace
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘insane’): from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’. Compare with frantic.Want to learn more?
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