About The Word Frantic
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Frantic
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What's The Definition Of Frantic?
[adj] excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
[adj] marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" Synonyms | Synonyms for Frantic: agitated | delirious | excited | frenetic | frenzied | mad | phrenetic | unrestrained | wild Related Terms | Find terms related to Frantic: abandoned | agitated | amok | anarchic | angry | at fever pitch | bacchic | bellowing | berserk | blustering | blusterous | blustery | carried away | chaotic | confused | corybantic | delirious | demoniac | desperate | Dionysiac | disconcerted | distracted | distrait | distraught | ecstatic | enraptured | excitable | excited | fanatical | febrile | feral | ferocious | feverish | fierce | frenetic | frenzied | fulminating | furious | haggard | hectic | hellish | hog-wild | howling | hyperactive | hyperkinetic | hysteric | hysterical | in a dither | in a tizzy | in a transport | in hysterics | infatuated | infuriate | insane | insensate | intoxicated | intrusive | like one possessed | mad | madding | maenadic | maniac | maniacal | mindless | nervous | officious | orgasmic | orgastic | orgiastic | overanxious | overdesirous | overeager | overenthusiastic | overwrought | overzealous | pandemoniac | perfervid | perturbed | possessed | rabid | raging | rambling | ramping | ranting | ravening | raving | raving mad | ravished | rip-roaring | roaring | running mad | running wild | stark-raving mad | storming | stormy | tempestuous | transported | troublous | tumultuous | turbulent | ultrazealous | uncontrollable | uproarious | upset | violent | wandering | wild | wild-eyed | wild-looking | wrought up See Also | Frantic In Webster's Dictionary \Fran"tic\, a. [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L.
phreneticus, from Gr. ?. See {Frenzy}, and cf. {Frenetic},
{Phrenetic}.]
Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly;
distracted.
Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.
Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay.
-- {Fran"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fran"tic*ly}, adv. --Shak. --
{Fran"tic*ness}, n. --Johnson.
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