Frenzies - English meaning

noun

A state of anxiety or nervous excitement.

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She was wringing her hands in agitation

noun

Worry and anxiety

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He arrived home in a state of agitation., the anti-war agitation is beginning to worry the governme…

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Mad, wild, or erratic behaviour or nature.

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He loves me and all of my craziness

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Stupid and unreasonable behaviour, speech, situations, etc.

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A moment's craziness had lost him his wife and his job., the public wants to stop the craziness of …

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An acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence, occurring in intoxication, fever, and other disorders.

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Somewhere a patient shouted in delirium

noun

A state of being unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion

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Fever accompanied by delirium, i've never seen such delirium at a football game before.

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The state of being completely unable to think clearly or behave in a controlled way, especially because of mental illness

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She had a history of mental derangement, he returned from the war in a state of furious derangement.

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A thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else.

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The firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight

noun

The state of being very bored or annoyed

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His lessons bore me to distraction., that dreadful noise is driving me to distraction., i can turn …

noun

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

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There was a look of ecstasy on his face

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A state of extreme happiness or pleasure

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We shared a moment of ecstasy as the chocolate melted on our tongues.

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Great happiness and exhilaration.

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Richard's elation at regaining his health was short-lived

noun

A state of extreme happiness or excitement

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There's a sense of elation at having completed a race of such length.

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A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

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In his euphoria, he had become convinced he could defeat them

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A feeling of extreme happiness or confidence

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We were caught up in the euphoria of the moment., a euphoric expression, a euphoric mood

noun

An abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium.

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She had a slight fever

verb

Bring about a high body temperature or a state of nervous excitement in.

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A heart which sin has fevered

noun

A condition in which the body’s temperature is higher than usual, esp. as a sign of illness

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[ c ] the child has a rash and a high fever., texas was in the grip of football fever.

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Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.

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The anti-semitic hysteria of the 1890s

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Excitement or emotion that is uncontrollable

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One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.

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The state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.

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He suffered from bouts of insanity

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Mental illness

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The jury found him innocent on the grounds of temporary insanity.

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The state of having a serious mental illness.

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In his madness he destroyed the work of years

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Mental illness

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There was a history of madness in her family., it would be sheer madness (= crazy) to ignore the sy…

noun

Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.

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Many people suffering from mania do not think anything is wrong

combining form

Denoting a specified type of mental abnormality or obsession.

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Kleptomania

noun

A unusually strong and continuing interest in an activity or subject

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He was surprised by his wife’s sudden mania for exercise.

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A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

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A tumult of shouting and screaming broke out

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Noise and excitement, or a state of confusion, change, or uncertainty

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[ u ] mental tumult, [ c usually sing ] a tumult of emotion, [ u ] the garden sits amid the tumult …

noun

A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

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The country was in turmoil

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A state of extreme confusion, uncertainty, or lack of order

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Her mind was in turmoil., she grew up in the turmoil of the 1960s.

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The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable.

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The wildness and beauty of the scottish hills

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The quality of being uncontrolled, violent, or extreme

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They are no longer able to claim the wildness of youth as any excuse for their behaviour., there wa…