frenzy
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfrenzyfren‧zy /ˈfrenzi/ ●○○ noun (plural frenzies)
1 EXCITED[countable, uncountable] a state of great anxiety or excitement, in which you cannot control your behaviourfrenzy of
a frenzy of religious feelingin a frenzy
The women were screaming and in a frenzy to get home.
Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy.2 [countable] a time when people do a lot of things very quicklyfrenzy of
a frenzy of activity
a selling frenzy 3 → a feeding frenzyExamples from the Corpusfrenzy• Have any other readers found this plant sends their feline friend into a frenzy?• Sense reels with the intoxicating frenzy.• On Buy Nothing Day enjoy a break from the shopping frenzy.• But most of the frenzy was elsewhere.• The frenzy of rebuilding is now past.frenzy of• Rumors of their divorce stirred up a frenzy of media attention.Origin frenzy (1300-1400) Old French frenesie, from Latin phreneticus; → FRENETIC
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