frenzy
Americannoun
plural
frenzies-
a state of extreme mental agitation or wild excitement.
There's something big businesses love about working their customers into a frenzy of anticipation.
- Antonyms:
- calm
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a burst of agitated, energetic action or activity.
Athens in the late 1960s was in the midst of a building frenzy.
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a fit or spell of mental derangement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania.
He is subject to these frenzies several times a year.
- Antonyms:
- sanity
verb (used with object)
noun
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violent mental derangement
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wild excitement or agitation; distraction
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a bout of wild or agitated activity
a frenzy of preparations
verb
Other Word Forms
- frenzily adverb
Etymology
Origin of frenzy
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English frenesie, from Old French, from Late Latin phrenēsis, from Late Greek, for Greek phrenîtis; phrenitis
Example Sentences
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There was a brief period in July 2025 when the stock took part in the “meme stock” frenzy.
From MarketWatch
There was a brief period in July 2025 when the stock took part in the “meme stock” frenzy.
From MarketWatch
The AI frenzy has also driven a new wave of listings, spanning companies involved in large language models, robotics and biotechnology.
For now, bets against AI giants remain relatively modest, in part because there aren’t as many ways to establish the type of big, bearish wagers that produced windfalls when past investment frenzies ended.
The AI rush, and its frenzy of investment in giant data centers and the massive purchase of energy-intensive chips, continues despite signs of concern in the markets.
From Barron's
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