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for phrenetic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Phrenetic \Phre*net"ic\, Phrenetical \Phre*net"ic*al\, a. [L.
phreneticus, Gr. frenhtiko`s, frenitiko`s: cf. F.
phr['e]n['e]tique. See Frantic, and cf. Frenetic.]
Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad;
frantic; frenetic. -- Phre*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster] phreni
phreno
phren
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Phrenetic \Phre*net"ic\, n.
One who is phrenetic. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
phrenetic
adj 1: 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" [syn: frantic, frenetic,
phrenetic, frenzied]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "phrenetic":
Dionysiac, amok, at fever pitch, bacchic, berserk, corybantic,
delirious, desperate, fanatical, febrile, feverish, frantic,
frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hyperactive, hyperkinetic,
hysteric, infatuated, insane, intrusive, like one possessed, mad,
madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, officious, overanxious,
overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, perfervid,
rabid, raging, ranting, raving, raving mad, running wild,
stark-raving mad, ultrazealous, uncontrollable, violent, wild
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