frantic

(frăn'tĭk)
adj.

1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied: frantic with worry.
2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity: made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.
3. Archaic. Mad; insane.

[Middle English frantik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus. See frenetic.]

frantically fran'ti·cal·ly or fran'tic·ly adv.
franticness fran'tic·ness n.

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adjective

Marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation: delirious, frenetic, frenzied, mad, wild. Archaic madding. See calm/agitation.

adj

Definition: distressed, distracted
Antonyms: calm, collected, composed, docile, peaceful, tranquil

mod. great; wild.  We had a frantic time at Chez Freddy.

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IN BRIEF: Wildly excited with joy or anxiety.

The crowd was frantic with anticipation as they waited for the band to appear.

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For a list of words related to frantic, see:

• Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical
• Agitation, Abnormality, and Instability - frantic: (adj) mentally deranged, out of control, or very nervous

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hektisk, vild, sanseløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitzinnig, panisch

Français (French)
adj. - frénétique, forcené, affreux, terrible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - außer sich, wahnsinnig, rasend, verzweifelt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φρενήρης, φρενιασμένος, φρενιτιώδης, αλλόφρων, μανιώδης, ξέφρενος, έξαλλος, σε μεγάλη αγωνία

Italiano (Italian)
frenetico, delirante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - frenético

Русский (Russian)
безумный, страшный, ужасно

Español (Spanish)
adj. - frenético, loco, desesperado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ursinnig, förfärlig (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
狂乱的, 疯狂的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 狂亂的, 瘋狂的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 미친 듯한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 狂乱した, 気違いじみた, 非常な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مسعور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יוצא מגדרו, מטורף, מיואש, עצום (מדוברת)‬

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