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25 words match “FRENZY”

FRENZY n. 3 definitions
nt and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak.
AMAZEMENT n.
Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] Webster (1661).
AMUCK a.
In a frenzied and reckless. To run amuck, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.…
CORYBANTIASM n.
A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.
DEMONIAC; DEMONIACAL a.
uenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy." Milton.
DISTEMPER n.
angement; bad temper; ill humor. [Obs.] Little faults proceeding on distemper. Shak. Some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.
DRUNKENNESS n.
Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage. Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. South.
ENRAGE v.
To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
FANATICISM n.
ing zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.
FRENZIED p.
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.
FUME n.
rm of vapor. The heat will fume away most of the scent. Montimer. How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain! Young.
GLANCE v.
en, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.
IMAGINATION n.
c, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact . . . The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Sha…
INTOXICATE v.
To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. G. Eliot. They are not intoxicated by military success. Jowett (Thuc. ).
INTOXICATION n.
A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. That secret intoxication of pleasure. Spectator.
LUNE n.
A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. [Obs.] These dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the king. Shak.
MADNESS n.
Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.
PHRENETIC; PHRENETICAL a.
Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic. -- Phre*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
PHRENITIS n.
See Frenzy.
PHRENSY n.
Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.
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