Local English word record

frenetic

adjective · 1 sense

excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

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Examples

  • frantic with anger and frustration
  • frenetic screams followed the accident
  • a frenzied look in his eye

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Synonyms

frantic, phrenetic, frenzied

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