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TOEFL BNC: 11371 COCA: 7279

frenzy
frenzy /ˈfrɛnzi/ noun
plural frenzies
frenzy
/ˈfrɛnzi/
noun
plural frenzies
Learner's definition of FRENZY
[count]
: great and often wild or uncontrolled activity疯狂；狂乱
— see also feeding frenzy
TOEFL BNC: 11371 COCA: 7279

frenzy

1 of 2

noun

fren·​zy ˈfren-zē How to pronounce frenzy (audio)
plural frenzies
1
a
: a temporary madness
in a rage amounting to a frenzy
b
: a violent mental or emotional agitation
… almost weeping in a frenzy of anxiety … Colleen McCullough
2
: intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity
a shopping frenzy
… the mob chanted itself into a frenzy … C. Carr

frenzy

2 of 2

verb

frenzied; frenzying

transitive verb

: to affect with frenzy

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun the buying frenzy just before Christmas in its frenzy to flee the danger, the crowd became uncontrollable, and a number of people were trampled to death Verb local football fans who were frenzied by the fact that their team was going to the Super Bowl
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The John Cusack music-snob comedy with all the top five lists should make a top 40, simply for a low-key emotional plot and the enjoyable frenzy of Jack Black. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022 While details about the pic are limited, paparazzi photos leaked from the set ignited a social media frenzy, as fans were quick to turn Chalamet’s Wonka into a meme. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022 As the outdoor gardening frenzy slows with the approaching dormant season, and with this being National Indoor Plants Week, now’s a great time to think about indoor greening. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2022 Recently, Nonnenberg gave Robb Report the backstory on how BaT was founded and shared some insight on why automobiles from the 1990s are fueling a buying frenzy. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2022 Here are all the details on the looks at the 2022 Emmys that sparked a social-media frenzy from the moment the red carpet opened. Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022 But the buying frenzy of last year has dissipated, bringing supply and demand back into closer balance. Ben Eisen, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Yet that same source understands the tabloid-style frenzy surrounding the film. Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022 But in the media frenzy following her death, pageants were condemned, even demonized. Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2022
Verb
Together, the percussion and brass became springboards for a buildup to frenzy. Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022 Because that conflict remains unresolved in the story, Jones often declines to resolve it in movement; numbers build from tension to frenzy without the overfamiliar Broadway-style climax. New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022 The horses gallop and rear with such realism and frenzy the viewer feels compelled to jump out of the way. Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020 Legesse's days have been frenzied ever since her restaurant in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, Bati Ethiopian Kitchen, was forced to close its dining room and lay off most of its staff. Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 25 Apr. 2020 Wing prices and production run in predictable cycles each year ramping up for the NFL playoffs and championship game in the beginning of February, then again for college basketball’s frenzied tournament a month and a half later. Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2020 Inside Florida’s frenzied, failed dash to dole out $600 million in no-bid mask deals. Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2020 Bychkov even surpassed the strict-constructionist Muti in his faithfulness to the score’s wide dynamic range, in his elastic shaping of pages in which frenzied dramatic statements give way to lush melodies and tender pastoral moods. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018 Orlando City’s famously frenzied fans want their team to match their intensity. Mike Bianchi, Pro Soccer USA, 3 Mar. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English frenesie, franesie, frensy, fransy "insanity, delirium, fit of madness," borrowed from Anglo-French frenesie, frensye, borrowed from Medieval Latin phrenēsia, re-formation of Late Latin phrenēsis "inflammation of the brain, madness," derivative (by analogy with other Greek nouns in -ēsis with corresponding adjectives in -ētikos) of Latin phrenēticus "suffering from madness" — more at frenetic

Verb

derivative of frenzy entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1791, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of frenzy was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing frenzy
TOEFL BNC: 11371 COCA: 7279
frenzy

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FRENZY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤feeding瘋狂掠食◇The smell of blood sent the sharks into a feeding frenzy.一聞到血腥味，鯊魚開始瘋狂搶食。➤media媒體的狂熱➤buying瘋狂購物➤mad, wild非常瘋狂；狂野VERB + FRENZY➤drive sb/sth into, send sb/sth into, throw sb/sth into, whip sb/sth (up) into, work sb/sth into使⋯瘋狂◇He was so angry that he worked himself into a frenzy.他氣得簡直發了瘋。➤cause, create引發／造成瘋狂➤feed, fuel加劇瘋狂；使更加瘋狂PREPOSITION➤in a/your frenzy在⋯狂亂的狀態下◇She tore the letter open in a frenzy.她發狂似的撕開信。PHRASES➤a frenzy of activity一派忙亂的景象▸➤in a frenzy of excitement, in a frenzy of rage, in a frenzy of violence異常激動／憤怒／殘暴

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