Frantic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frantic \Fran"tic\, a. [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L.
     phreneticus, from Gr. ?. See {Frenzy}, and cf. {Frenetic},
     {Phrenetic}.]
     Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly;
     distracted.
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           Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.
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           Torrents of frantic abuse.               --Macaulay.
     -- {Fran"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fran"tic*ly}, adv. --Shak. --
     {Fran"tic*ness}, n. --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frantic
       adj 1: excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent
              emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration";
              "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied
              look in his eye" [syn: {frenetic}, {phrenetic}, {frenzied}]
       2: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
          delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
          gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: {delirious}, {excited},
           {mad}, {unrestrained}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "frantic":
     Dionysiac, abandoned, agitated, amok, anarchic, angry,
     at fever pitch, bacchic, bellowing, berserk, blustering,
     blusterous, blustery, carried away, chaotic, confused, corybantic,
     delirious, demoniac, desperate, disconcerted, distracted, distrait,
     distraught, ecstatic, enraptured, excitable, excited, fanatical,
     febrile, feral, ferocious, feverish, fierce, frenetic, frenzied,
     fulminating, furious, haggard, hectic, hellish, hog-wild, howling,
     hyperactive, hyperkinetic, hysteric, hysterical, in a dither,
     in a tizzy, in a transport, in hysterics, infatuated, infuriate,
     insane, insensate, intoxicated, intrusive, like one possessed, mad,
     madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, mindless, nervous, officious,
     orgasmic, orgastic, orgiastic, overanxious, overdesirous,
     overeager, overenthusiastic, overwrought, overzealous, pandemoniac,
     perfervid, perturbed, possessed, rabid, raging, rambling, ramping,
     ranting, ravening, raving, raving mad, ravished, rip-roaring,
     roaring, running mad, running wild, stark-raving mad, storming,
     stormy, tempestuous, transported, troublous, tumultuous, turbulent,
     ultrazealous, uncontrollable, uproarious, upset, violent,
     wandering, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, wrought up