frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied
(adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; āfrantic with anger and frustrationā; āfrenetic screams followed the accidentā; āa frenzied look in his eyeā
delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained
(adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; āa crowd of delirious baseball fansā; āsomething frantic in their gaietyā; āa mad whirl of pleasureā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frantic (comparative more frantic, superlative most frantic)
(archaic) Insane, mentally unstable.
In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
Extremely energetic
• frenetic, frenzied
frantic (plural frantics)
(archaic) A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.
• infarct, infract
Source: Wiktionary
Fran"tic, a. Etym: [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L. phreneticus, from Gr. Frenzy, and cf. Frenetic, Phrenetic.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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