Frenzy
noun
State of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.
The crowd was in a perfect frenzy after the football team won the championship
Often appears as...
- in a frenzy
- frenzy of excitement
noun
A state of hurriedly active or mad behavior.
The office was in a frenzy to get all the work done before the deadline
Often appears as...
- frenzy of activity
- frenzy of preparation
noun
A period of disorderly or wild activity.
During the sales frenzy, shoppers grabbed whatever they could
Often appears as...
- sales frenzy
- feeding frenzy
noun
Hyperactivity or rapid consumption by a group of animals.
The sharks went into a feeding frenzy
Often appears as...
- feeding frenzy
- stampede frenzy
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Technical
noun
State of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.
The crowd was in a perfect frenzy after the football team won the championship
Often appears as...
- in a frenzy
- frenzy of excitement
noun
A state of hurriedly active or mad behavior.
The office was in a frenzy to get all the work done before the deadline
Often appears as...
- frenzy of activity
- frenzy of preparation
noun
A period of disorderly or wild activity.
During the sales frenzy, shoppers grabbed whatever they could
Often appears as...
- sales frenzy
- feeding frenzy
noun
Hyperactivity or rapid consumption by a group of animals.
The sharks went into a feeding frenzy
Often appears as...
- feeding frenzy
- stampede frenzy
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Indicates strong, overwhelming emotions, often implying a loss of control.
Fans were in a frenzy, crying and cheering as the band took the stage.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Negativity
While exciting, a frenzy can suggest chaos and be seen as negative or dangerous.
The protest turned into a frenzy with people shouting and pushing.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbole Use
Often used to exaggerate situations for dramatic effect, not always literal.
The media created a frenzy around the celebrity's arrival.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Indicates strong, overwhelming emotions, often implying a loss of control.
Fans were in a frenzy, crying and cheering as the band took the stage.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Negativity
While exciting, a frenzy can suggest chaos and be seen as negative or dangerous.
The protest turned into a frenzy with people shouting and pushing.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbole Use
Often used to exaggerate situations for dramatic effect, not always literal.
The media created a frenzy around the celebrity's arrival.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Indicates strong, overwhelming emotions, often implying a loss of control.
Fans were in a frenzy, crying and cheering as the band took the stage.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Negativity
While exciting, a frenzy can suggest chaos and be seen as negative or dangerous.
The protest turned into a frenzy with people shouting and pushing.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbole Use
Often used to exaggerate situations for dramatic effect, not always literal.
The media created a frenzy around the celebrity's arrival.
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Where are the women...
was it I walked to and I couldn't help thinking all the way home now there's something fundamentally wrong here I just stumbled onto something where are the women inventors by the time I got home I'd worked myself up into a frenzy I guess because I was now on BBC woman's
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Mating frenzies, sperm...
this mating frenzy will prove lethal. And for a successfully mated female, her work is only beginning. Having secured a lifetime supply of sperm from her departed mate, our new queen must now single-handedly start an entire colony. Descending to the ground,
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Can you solve the...
and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you. You put the missing persons case you’ve been investigating on hold and study the evidence.
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The great conspiracy...
delivering a passionate speech at Caesar's funeral days later that whipped the crowd into a frenzy of grief and anger. As a result, the liberators were forced out of Rome. The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars,
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The tragic myth of...
Their jealousy drove them to a frenzy and they destroyed poor Orpheus. The birds, nature’s singers, mourned Orpheus, as did the rivers, who made music as they babbled. The world had lost two great souls.
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Whale Shark PIPE National...
only caviar these big mouse loved wheat kubera gather in deep water and form a cyclone that whirls toward the surface the female turns white to attract males they swarm her in a frenzy releasing
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Baby Penguin Escapes...
for these lone females the urge to nurture a chick of their own is overwhelming in the frenzy they are in danger of loving him to death
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A Collection Of Spring...
fight it out in this mating frenzy it is in numbers the greatest gathering of reptiles in the world and it seems that our male from the
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The dream we haven't...
to which the idealist most easily activism and overwork. The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace.
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
fight it out in this mating frenzy it is in numbers the greatest gathering of reptiles in the world
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Where are the women...
was it I walked to and I couldn't help thinking all the way home now there's something fundamentally wrong here I just stumbled onto something where are the women inventors by the time I got home I'd worked myself up into a frenzy I guess because I was now on BBC woman's
Video examples
Mating frenzies, sperm...
this mating frenzy will prove lethal. And for a successfully mated female, her work is only beginning. Having secured a lifetime supply of sperm from her departed mate, our new queen must now single-handedly start an entire colony. Descending to the ground,
Video examples
Can you solve the...
and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you. You put the missing persons case you’ve been investigating on hold and study the evidence.
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
delivering a passionate speech at Caesar's funeral days later that whipped the crowd into a frenzy of grief and anger. As a result, the liberators were forced out of Rome. The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars,
Video examples
The tragic myth of...
Their jealousy drove them to a frenzy and they destroyed poor Orpheus. The birds, nature’s singers, mourned Orpheus, as did the rivers, who made music as they babbled. The world had lost two great souls.
Video examples
Whale Shark PIPE National...
only caviar these big mouse loved wheat kubera gather in deep water and form a cyclone that whirls toward the surface the female turns white to attract males they swarm her in a frenzy releasing
Video examples
Baby Penguin Escapes...
for these lone females the urge to nurture a chick of their own is overwhelming in the frenzy they are in danger of loving him to death
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
fight it out in this mating frenzy it is in numbers the greatest gathering of reptiles in the world and it seems that our male from the
Video examples
The dream we haven't...
to which the idealist most easily activism and overwork. The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace.
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
fight it out in this mating frenzy it is in numbers the greatest gathering of reptiles in the world
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Quote examples
Boman Irani
Indian Actor
I like the cold; I don't have problem with cold, and I don't have problem with rain either, as long as people are smiling. You know, early in my career, I used to wonder about this fan frenzy, but now I realize that there is genuine love, respect and affection, which makes me very proud to be an actor.
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Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.
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Kelly Evans
American Journalist
China has been on a historic commodities binge as it doubled the size of its economy in recent years to become one of the world's largest. Even so, those fundamentals begat - as they have so often throughout human history - a feeding frenzy.
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Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.
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Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.
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Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Facebook has created a rash of mental zombies in a meme-feeding frenzy.
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Amanda Seyfried
American Actress
I make hats. I'm on a hat frenzy. I'm on my eighth and I love it.
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Michel Patini
French Athlete
There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.
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Ludovico Ariosto
Poet
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
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Oscar Levant
American Composer
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
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Boman Irani
Indian Actor
I like the cold; I don't have problem with cold, and I don't have problem with rain either, as long as people are smiling. You know, early in my career, I used to wonder about this fan frenzy, but now I realize that there is genuine love, respect and affection, which makes me very proud to be an actor.
Quote examples
Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.
Quote examples
Kelly Evans
American Journalist
China has been on a historic commodities binge as it doubled the size of its economy in recent years to become one of the world's largest. Even so, those fundamentals begat - as they have so often throughout human history - a feeding frenzy.
Quote examples
Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.
Quote examples
Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.
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Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Facebook has created a rash of mental zombies in a meme-feeding frenzy.
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Amanda Seyfried
American Actress
I make hats. I'm on a hat frenzy. I'm on my eighth and I love it.
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Michel Patini
French Athlete
There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.
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Ludovico Ariosto
Poet
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
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Oscar Levant
American Composer
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
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