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frantic

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fran·tic  (frntk)
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 phrenticus; see frenetic.]

franti·cal·ly, frantic·ly adv.
frantic·ness n.

frantic
Adjective
1. distracted with fear, pain, joy, etc.
2. hurried and disorganized: frantic activity [Latin phreneticus mad]
frantically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.frantic - excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
2.franticfrantic - marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"

frantic
adjective 1. frenzied, wild, mad, raging, furious, raving, distracted, distraught, berserk, uptight (informal) overwrought, at the end of your tether, beside yourself, at your wits' end, berko Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE calm
adjective 2. hectic, desperate, frenzied, fraught (informal) frenetic
Translations
frantic [ˈfræntɪk] adj (= desperate) [need, desire] → desesperado: [search] → frenético: [person] → desquiciado

frantic [ˈfræntɪk] adj (= hectic) → frénétique; [need, desire] → effréné(e) (= distraught); hors de soi

frantic [ˈfræntɪk] adjverzweifelt;
(hectic) → hektisch;
(desperate) → übersteigert

frantic [ˈfræntɪk] adj [activity, pace] → frenetico/a (= desperate) [need, desire] → pazzo/a, sfrenato/a: [search] → affannoso/a; [person] → fuori di sé

frantic
adj frantic [ˈfrӕntik]
1 anxious or very worried The frantic mother searched for her child. waansinnig هائِج разтревожен šílený, zoufalý sanseløs; ude af sig selv außer sich αλλόφρων, έξαλλος desesperado hirmunud سراسیمه hätääntynyt fou d'inquiétude שֶׁל טֵירוּף उन्मत्त, उत्तेजित izbezumljen, lud (od sreće, straha) kétségbeesett kalut óður, viti sínu fjær furibondo 狂乱した (두려움·걱정으로) 제정신이 아닌, 미친 듯한 paklaikęs izmisīgs; bezprātīgs cemas vertwijfeld som er ute av seg, sanseløs gorączkowy, oszalały desvairado înnebunit обезумевший zúfalý skrajno vznemirjen izbezumljen utom (ifrån) sig ซึ่งเป็นกังวล çılgın durumda 焦慮不安的 несамовитий, нестямний اتاولا phát điên lên vì lo lắng
2 wildly excited the frantic pace of modern life. dol جُنوني، سَريع جِداً превъзбуден rušný, horečný hektisk; stresset wahnsinnig έξαλλος, φρενήρης frenético pöörane دیوانه وار kuumeinen trépidant מְטוֹרָף जंगली mahnit, užurban őrjöngő sangat kalut æstur, æsilegur frenetico 気違いじみた 극도로 흥분한; 긴박한 pašėlęs, padūkęs briesmīgs sangat kalut razend hektisk, vill, vanvittig szalony frenético frenetic безумный rušný, horúčkovitý vročičen besomučan vanvettig, hektisk ซึ่งตื่นตระหนก çılgın 興奮若狂的, 狂亂的 шалений ہیجان کی حالت میں dữ dội; điên cuồng ,
adv frantically
waansinnig باهْتِياج превъзбудено zoufale; horečně hektiskt; stresset wahnsinnig σε έξαλλη κατάσταση, πυρετωδώς desesperadamente, frenéticamente pööraselt با سراسیمگی kuumeisesti frénétiquement כִּמטוֹרָף पागलपन से mahnito, užurbano őrjöngve dengan kalut með æsingi freneticamente 半狂乱で 미친 듯이, 긴박하게 paklaikusiai, pašėlusiai bezprātīgi; briesmīgi dengan kalut vertwijfeld, razend ute av seg, hektisk, helt vilt/vanvittig gorączkowo freneticamente frenetic неистово; безумно horúčkovito burno izbezumljeno vanvettigt อย่างเป็นกังวล çılgınca 瘋狂地 шалено دیوانہ وار điên cuồng; điên rồ


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It--well, read it yourself, and see if you, too, do not find food for frantic conjecture, for tantalizing doubts, and for a great hope.
Her husband is said to be quite frantic with grief.
That is, it's not Sofya Semyonovna's frantic, but Katerina Ivanovna, though Sofya Semyonova's frantic too.
 
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