Associations to the word «Frenetic»

Wiktionary

FRENETIC, adjective. Fast, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
FRENETIC, adjective. (obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
FRENETIC, adjective. (obsolete) (medicine) Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.
FRENETIC, noun. One who is frenetic.

Dictionary definition

FRENETIC, adjective. Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats