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frenetic
Meaning: fast, chaotic, and full of nervous energy
frenetic in a sentence
How frenetic is used in real sentences:
The kitchen turned frenetic once the first hundred dinner orders arrived at once.
Reporters described a frenetic scene at the airport as passengers rushed between gates during the storm.
“Ridge workshops offered a vivid contrast: assistants moved at a frenetic pace, rushing chaotically among wheels, glazes, and roaring furnaces.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
“Their correspondence soon became frenetic: packets crossed at such speed that each artist sometimes answered a scene the other had already replaced.”
— from the passage An Opera by Post
Synonyms for frenetic
Other words for frenetic — frantic, hectic and feverish — carry the same meaning.
- frantic
- hectic
- feverish
Antonyms of frenetic
Words that mean the opposite of frenetic:
- calm
- leisurely
Where it comes from
From Greek phrenetikos 'mad, frenzied'
Memory hook
FRENETIC sounds like FRANTIC — both describe a wild, rushed energy.