Reverse Dictionary: FRENZIED

ADJECTIVES
► AMOK in a homicidal frenzy → E16 obs.
► APE frenzied, berserk → 1950s Amer. sl.
► FEY frenzied; mad → 1790 Sc.
► FRENZICAL affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic → a1586 obs.
► HET UP frenzied, having lost one’s composure → 1902 sl.
► HOT AND BOTHERED frenzied, having lost one’s composure → 1921 sl.
► MADDING becoming mad; acting madly; frenzied → 1579 poetical or rhetorical
► MAFFICKY inclined to be uproariously enthusiastic; frenzied with joy → 1910 sl. (Bk.)
► RAGEFUL mad, frantic, frenzied → 1580 obs.
► RAISED infuriated, irascible, wild, frenzied, over-excited → 1704 Sc.
► RAMAGE of persons: furious, frenzied, raging → c1470
► RAMAGEOUS ► RAMAGIOUS furious, frenzied, raging → a1600 obs.
► RAMMAGE frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous → 1824 Sc.
► SWIVEL-EYED having a crazed or frenzied appearance; mad, crazy; holding views regarded as extreme or fanatical → 1758 colloq.

ADVERBS
► LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY in an erratic and frenzied fashion → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► LUNES fits of frenzy or lunacy; mad freaks or tantrums → a1616 arch.
► PANIC STATIONS a frenzy; alarm leading to confused action → 1961 sl.
► RAISE a state of extreme bad temper; a frenzy → 1894 Sc.
► RAMMISTNESS madness, frenzy → 1456 Sc. obs.
► REE excitement, frenzy → 1825 Sc.

NOUNS, PERSON
► MAFFICKER one who celebrates a joyful event with frenzied enthusiasm → 1900

PHRASES
► GO UMPTEEN TO THE DOZEN to do something at a great and often frenzied pace → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ECSTASY to throw into a state of frenzy or stupor → 1627 obs.
► GET ONE’S KNICKERS IN A TWIST to become angrily agitated or upset; to behave frenziedly → 1971 Brit. sl.
► GO APE to behave frenziedly → 1955 sl., orig. US
► GO OFF ONE’S BRAIN to become frenzied with worry, anger, etc. → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► HAVE A FIT to behave frenziedly → 1877 sl.
► HAVE FORTY FITS to behave frenziedly → 1877 sl.
► HAVE KITTENS to be in a state of great excitement, anxiety, or anger; to behave frenziedly → 1900 sl., orig. US
► LOCO craze, to derange, to frenzy → 1884 Amer. dial.
► MAFFICK to give way to a frenzy of enthusiasm; to celebrate a victory with a delirious uproar → 1900
► RAMMISH to be driven about under the influence of any strong desire; to go about in a state approaching frenzy → Bk1905 Sc.
► TEAR ONE’S HAIR ► TEAR ONE’S HAIR OUT to behave frenziedly → 1606