frenetic
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- frenetically adverb
- freneticness noun
- nonfrenetic adjective
- nonfrenetically adverb
Etymology
Origin of frenetic
First recorded in 1350–1400; frantic
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Example Sentences
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Almost immediately, much like in my morning meditation practice, I began to notice my frenetic, future-oriented thinking.
From Los Angeles Times
Behind the frenetic manufacturing arms race is the AI boom.
At the Milan Cortina Games, a maniacal Norwegian named Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has turned the quiet world of Nordic skiing on its head with a frenetic sprinting technique that he concocted with his grandfather.
In the distance he heard moorhens cluck and weaverbirds chirp in their frenetic multitudes.
From Literature
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Of our frenetic, lonely, tech-driven culture, Mr. Coyle writes: “The problem isn’t that we’ve lost the capacity for meaningful connection; it’s that we have drifted from the conditions that make it possible.”
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