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

  • (..) Yes! Yes! And then, in front of a stadium filled with people... The newspapers fed on Gluant's murder with a frenzy. ... it was an opportunity for my greatest triumph. I know what we need for the Gluant case. - What? (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther