frantic
[fran-tik]
adjective
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
Archaic. insane; mad.
Origin of frantic
Synonyms for frantic
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Related Words for franticly
desperately, excitedly, madly, wildly, uncontrollably, berserk, crazily, helter-skelter, wild, agitatedly, amok, hectically, hystericallyExamples from the Web for franticly
Historical Examples of franticly
I planned the whole scene with an earnest heart and franticly set my soul on this project.
MathildaMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
As the tempest-driven clouds are franticly hurrying to and fro, how serene the summits in the sky!
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2John Wilson
frantic
adjective
Word Origin for frantic
C14: from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus mad, frenetic
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