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serene | frantic |

As a verb serene

is .

As an adjective frantic is

insane, mentally unstable.

serene

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
  • *
    • Serene , smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
  • (lb) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • The moon serene in glory mounts the sky.
  • * (Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
    • Full many a gem of purest ray serene / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=(Mary Shelley), chapter=6
    • , title= Frankenstein , passage=A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.}}
    • Related terms
    * serenity

    Verb

    (seren)
  • To make serene.
    • Heaven and earth, as if contending, vie / To raise his being, and serene his soul. — Thomson.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
  • * Southey
    • the serene of heaven
  • * Young
    • To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene .
  • Evening air; night chill.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Some serene blast me.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) suffix.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
    • Synonyms
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    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary. serein n. 1. ----

    frantic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * frantick (obsolete) * phrantic (chiefly obsolete) * phrantick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insane, mentally unstable.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
    • Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke : and ys sore vexed.
  • In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
    • They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
  • Extremely energetic
    • frantic music
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.}}

    Synonyms

    * frenetic, frenzied

    Related terms

    * frenetic * phrenitis * frenzy

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