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hectic
/ ˈhɛktɪk /
adjective
- characterized by extreme activity or excitement
- associated with, peculiar to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis (esp in the phrases hectic fever, hectic flush )
noun
- a hectic fever or flush
- rare.a person who is consumptive or who experiences a hectic fever or flush
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Derived Forms
- ˈhectically, adverb
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Other Words From
- hecti·cal·ly hectic·ly adverb
- hectic·ness noun
- non·hectic adjective
- non·hecti·cal·ly adverb
- un·hectic adjective
- un·hecti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hectic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hectic1
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Example Sentences
On the hectic, loud streets of New York City, that makes it easier for the operators in there to talk with one another.
On hectic, crowded job sites, she said, it’s not hard for targeted persecution to play out covertly.
HoneywellWhile the Turbo on the Go fan won’t replace traditional AC, it’s a fantastic way to stay cool during a hectic workday.
It’s a balmy, golden summer and while things are optimistic as tourism relaunches in earnest—it isn’t even close to hectic yet.
Even as the second wave was accelerating and after the WHO designated the new mutation “a variant of interest” on April 4, Modi kept up his hectic schedule ahead of state elections in West Bengal, personally appearing at numerous public rallies.
It's been hectic for Pragnell ever since he left Purdue and something tells me it's only going to get crazier.
This is where the sporadic and hectic handling of the romance in the movies fails.
We spoke with the mother of two and recent California transplant about fusing charitable work with a hectic career.
She has been a regular fixture in the British gossip pages despite a hectic schedule of rehearsals.
Following that brief and hectic moment, though, Robinson was hopeful.
She had a lean, hectic face, and prominent blue eyes under masses of light hair.
A dreamer and a poet, he became wistfully gay on this hectic night among kindred spirits.
He stays to dinner, which is a hectic meal, for through it all I am tasting this Paris, this Paris that is waiting for me.
His colour was hectic and gaudy; and in composition he possessed little skill.
Next to her on the right was a Russian girl, a few years older than herself, with a pinched and hectic face.
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