frenetic

/fri'netik/

Thân thiện

The office worker made a frenetic search for the missing contract.

Definition

Adjective: - Characterized by a state of extreme excitement, agitation, or uncontrolled activity; frantic or frenzied. - Describing something done with excessive energy, speed, or lack of organization, often due to strong emotion.

Usage and Examples

• General Usage: Used to describe actions, behavior, or atmospheres that are wildly energetic, chaotic, or hurried.
  • The office was a frenetic place on the day before the product launch.
  • She made a frenetic last-minute effort to finish the report.
• Describing Emotion: Often implies the activity is driven by fear, anger, excitement, or anxiety.
  • His frenetic pacing showed how worried he was.
  • The crowd's frenetic cheering could be heard for blocks.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• "frenetic pace/activity": A very common collocation describing a speed or level of action that is unsustainable and chaotic.
  • The frenetic pace of modern life can be exhausting.
• "frenetic energy": Describes a wild, undirected intensity.
  • The comedian performed with a kind of frenetic energy that captivated the audience.

Variants and Related Words

• Frenetically (adverb): In a frenetic manner.
  • The team worked frenetically to meet the deadline.
• Frenzy (noun): A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior. This is the noun form related to the adjective "frenetic."
  • The announcement caused a frenzy of buying.

Synonyms

• Frantic: Desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, or pain.
• Feverish: Characterized by or showing a frenetic excitement or energy.
• Hectic: Full of incessant or frantic activity.
• Manic: Showing wild, apparently deranged, excitement and energy.

Antonyms

• Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
• Placid: Not easily upset or excited.
• Leisurely: Acting or done at leisure; unhurried or relaxed.
• Sedate: Calm, dignified, and unhurried.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
   • frantic with anger and frustration
   • frenetic screams followed the accident
   • a frenzied look in his eye

Từ đồng nghĩa

• frantic
• phrenetic
• frenzied