FRENZIED, FRENZY
ADJECTIVES
– AMOK †* in a homicidal frenzy …E16
– APE frenzied, berserk …1950s Amer. sl.
– FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic …a1586
– 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 now poetical or rhetorical
– MAFFICKY inclined to be uproariously enthusiastic; frenzied with joy …Bk1910 sl.
– RAGEFUL †* mad, frantic, frenzied …1580
– RAISED infuriated, irascible, wild, frenzied, over-excited …1704 Sc.
– RAMAGE of persons: furious, frenzied, raging …c1470
– RAMAGEOUS † furious, frenzied, raging …a1600 obs.
– RAMAGIOUS † furious, frenzied, raging …a1600
– 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.
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.
– REE excitement, frenzy …1825 Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
– MAFFICKER n. one who celebrates a joyful event with frenzied enthusiasm …1900
VERBS
– ECSTASY † to throw into a state of frenzy or stupor …1627
– 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
– 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 to behave frenziedly …1606
– TEAR ONE’S HAIR OUT to behave frenziedly …1606
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