Frantic definition

frăntĭk

Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied.

Frantic with worry.

adjective

(archaic) Insane.

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Marked by frenzy; resulting from wild emotion.

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(archaic) Mentally deranged.

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The definition of frantic is being overcome or wild with emotion or need for action or something done with desperation or in a hurried manner.

An example of frantic is a mother who has just misplaced her child.

An example of frantic is a desperate attempt to find your keys when you are already late.

adjective

(now rare) Insane, mentally unstable.

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In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.

They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.

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Frantic music.

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Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity.

Made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.

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Wild with anger, pain, worry, etc.; frenzied.

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Origin of frantic

Middle English frantik from Old French frenetique from Latin phrenēticus frenetic

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin freneticus, Latin phreneticus or phreniticus, from Ancient Greek *φρενητικός (phrenetikos), correctly φρενιτικός (phrenitikos, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenitis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrēn, “the brain”).

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