'Frantic' definitions:
Definition of 'frantic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied]
adjective
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, frantic, mad, unrestrained]
Definition of 'Frantic'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay. -- {Fran"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fran"tic*ly}, adv. --Shak. -- {Fran"tic*ness}, n. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frantic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- agitated,
- amok,
- anarchic,
- angry,
- at fever pitch,
- bacchic,
- bellowing,
- berserk,
- blustering,
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- carried away,
- chaotic,
- confused,
- corybantic,
- delirious,
- demoniac,
- desperate,
- Dionysiac,
- 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