frantic
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈfræntɪk/
:
desesperado
- Dutch merchants really did engage in a frantic Tulip trade, and they paid incredibly high prices for some bulbs.
- frantic efforts
- a frantic search
- a frantic pursuit
So you'll see frantic attempts to avoid abandonment, frantic attempts to keep people close.
- So you'll see frantic attempts to avoid abandonment, frantic attempts to keep people close.
- And this is a frantic attempt to fix that.
- And from there, you could just kind of see he was a little more frantic, not really as patient.
- So it was exhausting because the girls parts in that show are so frantic.
- If anything, they came at us like those moths, fast, a little frantic and seemingly, as the months would show, drawn to the wrong things.
- And I was also super like frantic about whether we should give him formula because I felt like he was going to starve.
- Being a Beatle was not fun for him, you know, it was just all this frantic fandom, you know.
- I like, you know, yet my energy is frantic and thus people think it's fast.
- In truth, there are no reported suicides, but these frantic rumors only further the cell panic.
Examples
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Clergy and lay leaders engage in a frantic search for solutions.
Academic text (2015) -
Did something go wrong?" He sounded frantic, and she felt sorry for him, but she was also angry.
Fiction book (1991) -
And this is a frantic attempt to fix that.
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When they talked, they suddenly became frantic and almost silly.
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For a moment all the frantic activity stopped as everyone looked up in horror.
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Within a matter of weeks, its government, along with its army, was in frantic retreat.
Academic text (2016) -
In 1991, the season lasted for just two frantic, dangerous days.
Academic text (2010) -
My neighbor sounded frantic and desperate, calling Kevin over and over again.
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There was vacancies all over the place and landlords were frantic to get long term leases.
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She was in a frantic rush to get to the hospital after hearing about the accident.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very happy and eager about something
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4.1
Taking big risks because there are no other options
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1.3
Very excited and unable to stay calm
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4.1
Feeling nervous, upset, and not calm
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4.1
Feeling sudden, strong fear that makes you act without thinking
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6.5
Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions
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4.3
To feel sudden strong fear and act without thinking
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4.6
Feeling sudden, strong fear that makes it hard to think or act calmly
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7.6
Very fast and energetic in a wild, uncontrolled way
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4.1
Being nervous and confused because of an unexpected problem or pressure
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6.7
Very excited and unable to control strong feelings
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3.8
Full of strong excitement and hurried activity
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4.3
Too active and noisy because of strong feelings
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8.6
Feeling very nervous and confused about something
4
6.3
Suddenly very afraid and acting without thinking
Suddenly very afraid and unable to think clearly
Being very excited and unable to stay calm
People act in a panic and work very quickly to solve a problem
Very excited and unable to stay calm
Feeling nervous and hurried after something sudden happens
Antonyms
How Anxious
Surface Forms
Morphology
frantic = frant + ic
Although the adjective-forming suffix '-ic' is recognisable, the root 'frant' is not a standalone English word and the modern meaning cannot be productively derived by an average learner from known English components.
Etymology
Frantic comes from an old root that meant 'mind' (shown in the part phren-) and is related to the English word frenzy, which means 'wild' or 'out of control'. So, when someone is frantic they act wild and hurried because strong feeling or worry has taken over their mind.