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fran·tic
(frăn′tĭk)adj.
1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied: frantic with worry.
2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity: made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.
3. Archaic Mentally deranged.
[Middle English frantik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus; see frenetic.]
fran′ti·cal·ly, fran′tic·ly adv.
fran′tic·ness n.
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frantic
(ˈfræntɪk)adj
1. distracted with fear, pain, joy, etc
2. marked by or showing frenzy: frantic efforts.
3. (Pathology) archaic insane
[C14: from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus mad, frenetic]
ˈfrantically, ˈfranticly adv
ˈfranticness n
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fran•tic
(ˈfræn tɪk)adj.
1. wild with emotion; frenzied.
2. marked by desperation; anxious.
3. Archaic. insane; mad.
[1325–75; Middle English frantik, frenetik < Old French frenetique < Latin phrenēticus delirious]
fran′ti•cal•ly, adv.
fran′tic•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | frantic - 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" agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents" |
2. | frantic - marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties" |
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frantic
adjective
1. frenzied, wild, mad, raging, furious, raving, distracted, distraught, berserk, uptight (informal), overwrought, at the end of your tether, beside yourself, at your wits' end A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic.
frenzied together (slang), cool, collected, calm, composed, poised, laid-back, unfazed (informal), unruffled, self-possessed
frenzied together (slang), cool, collected, calm, composed, poised, laid-back, unfazed (informal), unruffled, self-possessed
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
frantic
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Translations
ثَائِرجُنوني، سَريع جِداًهائِج
šílenýzoufalýhorečnýrušný
sanseløsstressethektisk
suunniltaan oleva
van sebe
æstur, æsileguróîur, viti sínu fjær
半狂乱の
미칠 듯한
padūkęspaklaikęspaklaikusiai
bezprātīgsbriesmīgsizmisīgs
desperat
ซึ่งไม่สามารถควบคุมอารมณ์ได้
çılgınçılgın durumda
cuống cuồng
frantic
[ˈfræntɪk] ADJ [activity, pace] → frenético; (= desperate) [need, desire, person] → desesperadoshe was frantic with worry → estaba loca de inquietud
to drive sb frantic → sacar a algn de quicio
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
frantic
[ˈfræntɪk] adj (= out of one's mind) → affolé(e)
to go frantic → être dans tous ses états
I was going frantic → J'étais dans tous mes états.
to be frantic with worry → être fou d'inquiétude
to go frantic → être dans tous ses états
I was going frantic → J'étais dans tous mes états.
to be frantic with worry → être fou d'inquiétude
(= hectic) → frénétique
[efforts, activity] → frénétique
(= desperate) [need, desire] → effréné(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
frantic
adj
(= distraught, desperate) person, phone call, search → verzweifelt; shout, yell → erregt; need, desire → heftig, übersteigert; I was frantic → ich war außer mir; to become or get frantic → außer sich (dat) → geraten; (= worried) → an den Rande der Verzweiflung geraten; to be frantic with worry → vor Sorge außer sich (dat) → sein; to drive somebody frantic → jdn zur Verzweiflung treiben
(= hectic) week, day → hektisch; frantic activity (generally) → hektisches Treiben, Hektik f; (particular instance) → fieberhafte Tätigkeit; frantic haste → fieberhafte Eile
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
frantic
[ˈfræntɪk] adj (activity, pace) → frenetico/a; (desperate, desire) → pazzo/a, sfrenato/a; (need) → disperato/a; (000, search) → affannoso/a; (person) → fuori di séfrantic with worry → fuori di sé dalla preoccupazione
frantic with joy → pazzo/a di gioia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
frantic
(ˈfrӕntik) adjective1. anxious or very worried. The frantic mother searched for her child.
2. wildly excited. the frantic pace of modern life.
ˈfrantically adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
frantic
→ ثَائِر šílený sanseløs außer sich sein φρενιτώδης frenético suunniltaan oleva effréné van sebe frenetico 半狂乱の 미칠 듯한 paniekerig panisk szalony frenético неистовый desperat ซึ่งไม่สามารถควบคุมอารมณ์ได้ çılgın cuống cuồng 疯狂的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
frantic
a. frenético-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
frantic
adj frenético, agitadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.