phrenetic

1. 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”

   Synonymsfranticfreneticfrenzied

   Similaragitated

Questions about phrenetic

What does phrenetic mean?

phrenetic means "excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion".

How many syllables are in phrenetic?

phrenetic has 3 syllables: phre-ne-tic. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for phrenetic?

Close synonyms include frantic, frenetic, frenzied. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phrenetic a common word?

phrenetic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.