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Definition: Frenetic |
FreneticAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "frenetic" was first used: sometime in the mid-14th century. (references) |
Synonyms: FreneticSynonyms: frantic (adj), frenzied (adj), phrenetic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insanity | Adjective: insane, mad, lunatic,loony; crazy, crazed, aliene, non compos mentis; not right, cracked, touched; bereft of reason; all possessed, unhinged, unsettled in one's mind; insensate, reasonless, beside oneself, demented, daft; phrenzied, frenzied, frenetic; possessed, possessed with a devil; deranged, maddened, moonstruck; mad-brained, scatter brained, shatter brained, crackbrained; touched, tetched; off one's head. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Frenetic |
| English words defined with "frenetic": carnival, circus ♦ Frenetical ♦ Phrenetical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "frenetic": fandango on core. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Frenetic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (frantic, frantically, frenzied, phrenetic, phrenetically, violent, wild). |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Uninhibited; laughing; hysterical; beside oneself; carried away; corybantic; crazy; delighted; drunk; ecstatic; enthused; frenetic; frenzied; happy; intoxicated; mad; overexcited; overwrought; rabid; rapturous; thrilled; transported; wild. |
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| "Frenetic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Frenetic" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 110 | 30,952 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "frenetic": frantic frenetic phrenetic frenzied. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "frenetic": frenetic-indeed, frenetic-slack. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
frenetic | 14 |
f3 female frenetic frustated | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "frenetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i harbuar (enraged, exuberant). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسعور (crazy, frantic, frenzied, hydrophobic, mad, rabid, wild), شديد الاهتياج (frantic, frenzied). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | френетичен (wild). (various references) | |
Chinese | 狂热 (Fanatic, Fanatical, feverish, frantic, Rabid). (various references) | |
Czech | frenetický (frenzied, phrenetic), horeèný (feverish, frenzied, hectic). (various references) | |
French | frénétique (frantic, frenzied, fretful), personne très agité. (various references) | |
German | frenetisch (frenzied, wild). (various references) | |
Greek | ξέφρενοσ (frenzied, wild), φρενιτικός, φρενητικόσ, εκφρών. (various references) | |
Hebrew | יוצא מכליו (frenzied). (various references) | |
Hungarian | õrületes. (various references) | |
Italian | forsennato (lunatic, madman, phrenetic). (various references) | |
Manx | keoie (crazy, fiery, frenzied, furious, insane, lunatic, maniac, savage, vicious, wild, wild as person). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eneticfray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | frenético (berserk, frantic, frenzied, furious, partisan, phrenetic), que tem frenesi (partisan, phrenetic), louco (brain sick, bughouse, crack-brained, crazed, crazy, delirious, demented, distraught, far gone, fey, fool, foolish, insane, loco, lunatic, mad, madman, maniac, maniacal, nuts, phrenetic, raving, wacky), exaltado (exalted, high-level, high-up, hot-brained, hot-headed, hot-tempered, impassioned, partisan, phrenetic, rampant, up, volcanic). (various references) | |
Russian | неистовый (boisterous, dithyrambic, frantic, furious, outrageous, rampageous, rampant, tearing, towering, vehement), лихорадочный (febrile, fevered, feverish, hectic, pyretic, pyrexial), бурный (blusterous, blustery, boisterous, gusty, heavy, hectic, rambunctious, rude, rugged, squally, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, vulcanic), буйный (blustery, boisterous, exuberant, luxuriant, obstreperous, rambunctious, rampageous, rank, robustious, rowdy, turbulent, unruly, uproarious, wanton), исступленный (ecstatic, frenzied, phrenetic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | frenetičan (phrenetic), pomaman (frantic, rabid, raving). (various references) | |
Spanish | frenético (berserk, frantic, frenzied, furious, hectic, phrenetic, wild). (various references) | |
Swedish | frenetisk (frantic, frenzied, phrenetic), vild (coltish, delirious, ding-dong, ferae naturae, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, haggard, headlong, madcap, phrenetic, rampant, riotous, savage, truculant, truculent, untamed, wild, wildcat), ursinnig (demoniacal, enraged, furious, phrenetic, rabid). (various references) | |
Turkish | hummalı (febrile, frantic, with fever), şiddetli (acute, astringent, bitter, brutal, burning, cast iron, consuming, deep, drastic, exquisite, extreme, ferocious, flaming, flash, forceful, frenzied, fulminant, furious, gusty, hard, harsh, heavy, high, hot, impetuous, intemperate, intense, intensive, ironclad, keen, profound, rigorous, round, severe, sharp, slashing, sledgehammer, smacking, smart, smashing, spanking, splitting, stand up, stern, stinging, stormy, strenuous, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, torrential, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), çılgınca (far out, frantic, frenzied, like mad, tearing, wild), çılgın (berserk, bonkers, crackpot, crazed, crazy, delirious, demented, demon, demoniac, desperado, distracted, foolhardy, frenzied, insane, kook, kooky, lunatic, mad, maniacal, moonstruck, nut, phrenetic, possessed, raving, rip roaring, ripsnorter, scatty, wild). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фанатичний (bigotted, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, fanatic, fanatical, partisan, phrenetic, zelotic), божевільний (addle-brained, addle-pated, batchy, bedlam, brainsick, crack-brained, crackpot, crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, insane, loony, lunatic, mad, madman, moonstruck, non compos, nuts, nutty, possessed, rabid, scatty). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cu"ng lên; điên cu"ng cu"ng tín, điên lên (blaze, phrenetic). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | phreneticus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "frenetic": frenetically, freneticism, freneticisms, frenetics. (additional references) | |
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"Frenetic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fernet, fernetic, Francetti, frenatic, Frenesi, frenetik, frentic, Trenethick. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "frenetic" (pronounced frune"tik) |
| 6 | -u n e" t i k | epigenetic, genetic, hyperkinetic, kinetic, parthenogenetic, phonetic. |
| 5 | -n e" t i k | diamagnetic, electromagnetic, ferromagnetic, geomagnetic, magnetic, paramagnetic. |
| 4 | -e" t i k | acetic, aesthetic, alphabetic, anesthetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, cosmetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, homiletic, kinesthetic, parasympathetic, pathetic, peripatetic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic, unapologetic, unsympathetic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, agnostic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apocalyptic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, didactic, diplomatic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, futuristic, galactic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, humanistic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, parasitic, paternalistic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, pessimistic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophylactic, prostatic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, symptomatic, synergistic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: infecter, reinfect. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: enteric, enticer. | |
-2 letters: center, centre, cerite, cretin, entice, entire, fencer, ferine, fierce, infect, recent, recite, refect, refine, retine, tenrec, tierce, triene. | |
-3 letters: citer, enter, erect, feint, fence, finer, inert, infer, inter, nicer, niece, niter, nitre, recti, refit, rente, retie, terce, terne, treen, trice, trine. | |
-4 letters: cent, cere, cete, cine, cire, cite, erne, etic, feet. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: frenetics, infecters, interface, refecting, refection, reinfects. | |
+2 letters: centrifuge, dentifrice, fictioneer, interfaced, interfaces, perfecting, perfection, refections, reflecting, reflection, reinfected, tenebrific. | |
+3 letters: centrifuged, centrifuges, counterfeit, counterfire, dentifrices, fictioneers, freneticism, interoffice, perfections, redefecting, reflections, reinfecting, reinfection, rubefacient, superinfect, uncertified. | |
+4 letters: confectioner, conferential, counterfeits, counterfired, counterfires, craftinesses, decertifying, electrifying, frenetically, freneticisms, frontispiece, imperfection, interference, noncertified, recentrifuge, recertifying, reflectional, reinfections, rubefacients, sceneshifter, superinfects, unreflective. | |
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