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Definition of "frenzy" []

  • A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement. (noun)
  • Temporary madness or delirium. (noun)
  • A mania; a craze. (noun)
  • To drive into a frenzy. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "frenzy" in a sentence
  • "If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive” then my friend you are a sad individual."
  • "If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive”"
  • "The pension obligation bond frenzy is so devoid of “public purpose” and so fully bypasses even the economic rent concept that only an economist could see through the haze."