frenzy
noun
[ ˈfrɛnzi ]
• a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour.
• "Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage"
Similar:
hysteria,
madness,
mania,
insanity,
derangement,
dementedness,
delirium,
feverishness,
fever,
wildness,
distraction,
agitation,
turmoil,
tumult,
wild excitement,
euphoria,
elation,
ecstasy,
craziness,
deliration,
fit,
seizure,
paroxysm,
spasm,
bout,
outburst,
ferment,
storm,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French frenesie, from medieval Latin phrenesia, from Latin phrenesis, from Greek phrēn ‘mind’.
