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| Main Entry: |
frenzied
 [fren-zeed] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | agitated, berserk, convulsive, corybantic, delirious, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, nuts, rabid, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, controlled |
| Main Entry: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fervent, excited |
| Synonyms: | all-consuming, ardent, blazing, eager, earnest, fervid, feverish, frantic, frenzied, heated, hectic, impassioned, intense, passionate, red-hot, vehement, white-hot, zealous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, cold, cool, unexcited, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | craze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make insane |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, confuse, dement, derange, distemper, distract, drive mad, enrage, frenzy, infatuate, inflame, madden, unbalance, unhinge |
| Antonyms: | balance, clear up, steady |
Example Sentences
- They are whipped up into a frenzied dance in which normal inhibitions are broken down and anything goes.
- But this month marks, in effect, their frenzied launch.
- The tightly packed and stylized cells give the storyline a frenzied and claustrophobic feel.
| Main Entry: | crazed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insane |
| Synonyms: | berserk, certifiable, crazy, demented, deranged, frenzied, hysterical, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, mental*, out of one's mind, psychopathic, raving |
| Antonyms: | sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; very happy |
| Synonyms: | beside oneself, carried away, corybantic, crazy, delighted, drunk*, ecstatic, enthused, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, intoxicated, mad, overwrought, rabid*, rapturous, thrilled, transported, wild |
| Antonyms: | unexcited, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | bananas, bemused, crackbrained, daft, delirious, deranged, distracted, distraught, flipped out, foolish, frenzied, fruity, hysterical, idiotic, in the ozone, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, manic, non compos mentis, nutty as a fruitcake, out of one's gourd, out of one's tree, psycho, psychopathic, psychotic, schitzy, schizoid, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unsound, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible |
| Main Entry: | demonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil |
| Synonyms: | aroused, bad, crazed, demoniac, demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, fired, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, hellish, impious, infernal, insane, inspired, mad, maniacal, manic, possessed, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, violent, wicked |
| Antonyms: | angelic, godlike, good, moral |
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
| Synonyms: | confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deranged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, insane |
| Synonyms: | ape, baked, bananas, berserk, cracked, crazed, delirious, demented, disarranged, disconcerted, disordered, displaced, distracted, dotty, flipped, flipped out, frantic, frenzied, fried, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniac, maniacal, nuts, perplexed, schizzo, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, unscrewed, unsettled, unsound, unzipped, whacko |
| Antonyms: | balanced, calm, ok, sane |
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