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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
  2. [adj]  affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; "a frenzied attack"; "a frenzied mob"; "the prosecutor's frenzied denunciation of the accused"- H.W.Carter; "outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity"
 
 Synonyms: agitated, frantic, frenetic, manic, phrenetic, wild
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fren"zied\, p. p. & a.
Affected with frenzy; frantic; maddened. -- {Fren"zied-ly},
adv.

      The people frenzied by centuries of oppression.
                                               --Buckle.

      Up starting with a frenzied look.        --Sir W Scott.

 
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