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hectic Adjective involving a lot of rushed activity [Greek hektikos hectic, consumptive]
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hectic adjective frantic, chaotic, frenzied, heated, wild, excited, furious, fevered, animated, turbulent, flurrying, frenetic, boisterous, feverish, tumultuous, flustering, riotous, rumbustious << OPPOSITE peaceful Translations hectic [ˈhɛktɪk] adj [schedule] → très chargé(e); [day] → mouvementé(e); [activity] → fiévreux/euse (= lifestyle); trépidant(e) adj hectic [ˈhektik] very busy; rushed Life is hectic these days. wild, woes مَشغول جِداً трескав horečný, vzrušený hektisk hektisch πυρετώδης febril, frenético ärev پر درد سر kuumeinen trépidant סוֹעֵר, קַדחתַנִי चहल-पहल भरा groznicav, užurban izgatott sibuk erilsamur frenetico 大忙しの 분주한 karštas, karštligiškas drudžains; nemierīgs sgt sibuk hectisch hektisk, forkavet, oppjaget gorączkowy, szalony agitado agitat суматошный rušný vročičen užurban hektisk วุ่นวาย hareketli, koşuşturmalı 忙亂的 гарячковий مصروف، خلفشار میں مبتلا bận rộn 忙乱的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Naseby sat brooding in his study, that there was shown in upon him, on urgent business, a little hectic gentleman shabbily attired. says Briggs (who was thinking of twenty- four years back, and that hectic young writing-master whose lock of yellow hair, and whose letters, beautiful in their illegibility, she cherished in her old desk upstairs). Two hectic blotches came suddenly into her pale cheeks. |
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