FRENETICALLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

frenetically

adverb

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner we spent all morning frenetically searching the house for the lost keys

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Recent Examples of frenetically Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026 Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025 Singer Brendan Yates’ intensity — at one point leaping with abandon, at another frenetically thrusting — is what makes Turnstile cook. — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025 But then, given how frenetically thrashing the entire tariff and trade policy and strategy have been in practice, expecting a predictable rollout and impact was probably unrealistic on everyone’s part. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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Catatonia Sleep issues Suicidal thoughts or behaviors Pressured speech — speaking rapidly, frantically or without taking pauses to breathe or let someone else talk.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Aug. 2026
Immediately, speculation arose that Walter is frantically trying to raise cash to pay off all those loans from the insurance companies to his affiliate entity companies.

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026

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Fly’s brand of rap, defined by spare, steely 808 beats and club shoutouts, was wildly popular, spawning nearly 50 mixtape volumes and many more songs since.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
That may still be the case in the coming weeks, but the second episode of HBO’s Lanterns makes for a fairly solid (if simple and straightforward) follow-up with some wildly entertaining moments.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

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