frenzy

Definition

  • noun: great and often wild or uncontrolled activity
  • noun: a temporary madness
  • verb: to affect with frenzy
  • synonyms: delirium, insanity, derangement

Examples

  • There has been a 'feeding frenzy' among publishers to obtain the rights to her story.

  • The partygoers worked themselves (up) into a 'frenzy'.

  • the buying 'frenzy' just before Christmas

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) That's when Carlisle found me dying of Spanish influenza. But didn't he just have to bite? Not exactly. When we taste human blood, a sort of frenzy begins, and it's almost impossible to stop. First with me and then with his wife, Esme. So is Carlisle the real reason that you don't kill people? (..)
    2008 Twilight