phrenetic

phrenetic
Synonyms and related words:
Dionysiac, amok, at fever pitch, bacchic, berserk, corybantic, delirious, desperate, fanatical, febrile, feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hyperactive, hyperkinetic, hysteric, infatuated, insane, intrusive, like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, officious, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, perfervid, rabid, raging, ranting, raving, raving mad, running wild, stark-raving mad, ultrazealous, uncontrollable, violent, wild

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  • Phrenetic — Phre*net ic, n. One who is phrenetic. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Phrenetic — Phre*net ic, Phrenetical Phre*net ic*al, a. [L. phreneticus, Gr. ?, ?: cf. F. phr[ e]n[ e]tique. See {Frantic}, and cf. {Frenetic}.] Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic. {Phre*net ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • phrenetic — index fanatical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • phrenetic — late 14c., from O.Fr. frenetike, from L. phreneticus, from Gk. phrenetikos mad, delirious, frantic, from phren (gen. phrenos) diaphragm, heart, mind, of unknown origin. A doublet of FRANTIC (Cf. frantic) …   Etymology dictionary

  • phrenetic — [fri net′ik] adj. [ME frenetik < OFr frenetique < L phreneticus < Gr phrenētikos, mad, suffering with inflammation of the brain < phrenitis, delirium < phrēn (see PHRENO ) + itis, ITIS] archaic sp. of FRENETIC …   English World dictionary

  • phrenetic — phrenetically, adv. phreneticness, n. /fri net ik/, adj. Also, phrenetical. 1. frenetic. 2. filled with extreme excitement; fanatic; frenzied. n. 3. a phrenetic person. [1325 75; < L phreneticus < LGk phrenetikós, Gk phrenitikós frenzied (see… …   Universalium

  • phrenetic — archaic variant of frenetic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • phrenetic — 1. Frenzied; maniacal. 2. An individual exhibiting such behavior. [G. phrenitikos, frenzied] …   Medical dictionary

  • phrenetic — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. delirious, maniacal, deranged; see insane 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • phrenetic — frɪ netɪk adj. crazy, mad, insane; savage, barbarian, wild; fanatical, extremely excited …   English contemporary dictionary

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