in a frenzy
in a state of excitement
TRANSLATION
in a frenzy = total aufgeregt sein, in einem Rauschzustand frenzy = der Wahnsinn, der Rausch --- GOOGLE INDEX (in a) frenzy: approximately 21,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Investors are IN A FRENZY trying to analyze the exposure of Oracle and other technology companies to a slowdown in financial-services spending," says Mark Murphy, a research analyst at Piper Jaffray.
(BusinessWeek)
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Between polls, commercials, news programs, debates and newspapers, the media is IN A FRENZY over an election that will change the course of America forever…
(The George Street Observer)
(BusinessWeek)
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Between polls, commercials, news programs, debates and newspapers, the media is IN A FRENZY over an election that will change the course of America forever…
(The George Street Observer)
Did you
know?
(in a ) frenzy
noun
- uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion, which is sometimes violent
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology: circa 1340, from Old French frenesie, from Middle Latin phrenesia, from phrenesis (madness), back-formation of Latin phreneticus "delirious" (Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
Frenzy describes a state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement, although conventional usage does not always suggest violence. Rather, frenzy is often used to simply refer to an exaggerated state of excitement. It is frequently used in the phrase "in a frenzy of…" and can describe anything from:
- fashion (Brisbane ignites in a frenzy of fashion!)
- flowers (By 1634, virtually the whole of Dutch society was caught up in a frenzy of tulip trading…)
- finance (In a market boom, investors are swept along enthusiastically in a frenzy of optimism…)
- politics (EU leaders indulged in a frenzy of bargaining for exceptions and further compromises)
- literature (In a frenzy of writing in the late fall, she produced thirty finished poems in thirty days…)
Frenzy is also the name of Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 thriller about a serial killer who is murdering women in London with a necktie. In typical Hitchcock fashion, the great director still injected humour into an otherwise serious film. In the trailer advertising the film, a life-size dummy of Hitchcock can be seen floating down the Thames River.
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SYNONYMS
agitation, burst, conniption, convulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, dithers, excitement, ferment, fever, fit, flap, furor, fury, fuss, hysteria, insanity, lather, lunacy, madness, mania, outburst, passion, rage, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, seizure, spasm, stew, stir, turmoil
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"He went into a frenzy after his flight was delayed for another three hours."
noun
- uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion, which is sometimes violent
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology: circa 1340, from Old French frenesie, from Middle Latin phrenesia, from phrenesis (madness), back-formation of Latin phreneticus "delirious" (Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
Frenzy describes a state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement, although conventional usage does not always suggest violence. Rather, frenzy is often used to simply refer to an exaggerated state of excitement. It is frequently used in the phrase "in a frenzy of…" and can describe anything from:
- fashion (Brisbane ignites in a frenzy of fashion!)
- flowers (By 1634, virtually the whole of Dutch society was caught up in a frenzy of tulip trading…)
- finance (In a market boom, investors are swept along enthusiastically in a frenzy of optimism…)
- politics (EU leaders indulged in a frenzy of bargaining for exceptions and further compromises)
- literature (In a frenzy of writing in the late fall, she produced thirty finished poems in thirty days…)
Frenzy is also the name of Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 thriller about a serial killer who is murdering women in London with a necktie. In typical Hitchcock fashion, the great director still injected humour into an otherwise serious film. In the trailer advertising the film, a life-size dummy of Hitchcock can be seen floating down the Thames River.
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SYNONYMS
agitation, burst, conniption, convulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, dithers, excitement, ferment, fever, fit, flap, furor, fury, fuss, hysteria, insanity, lather, lunacy, madness, mania, outburst, passion, rage, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, seizure, spasm, stew, stir, turmoil
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"He went into a frenzy after his flight was delayed for another three hours."
