frantic

frantic
adj.
VERBS
be, seem
look, sound
become, get, go, grow
drive sb (esp. BrE)

The children have been driving me frantic all day!

ADVERB
really
absolutely

He was absolutely frantic by the time we got home.

increasingly
a little, slightly, etc.
almost
PREPOSITION
with

We were starting to get frantic with worry.

Frantic is used with these nouns: ↑activity, ↑attempt, ↑call, ↑dash, ↑effort, ↑look, ↑mother, ↑pace, ↑rush, ↑scramble, ↑search, ↑shopper

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  • frantic — fran‧tic [ˈfræntɪk] adjective FINANCE if there is frantic trading on the stock market, people buy and sell a lot of currency, shares, Commodities, etc in an urgent and unorganized way: • The Bundesbank s assistance was crucial in a day of frantic …   Financial and business terms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frantic — index frenetic, hot blooded Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • frantic — mid 14c., insane, unexplained variant of M.E. frentik (see FRENETIC (Cf. frenetic)). Transferred meaning affected by wild excitement is from late 15c. Of the adv. forms, frantically (1749) is later than franticly (1540s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Frantic —    Film policier de Roman Polanski, avec Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, Gérard Klein.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1987   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 59    Résumé    Un cardiologue américain venu à Paris pour un… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • frantic — adj *furious, frenzied, wild, frenetic, delirious, rabid Analogous words: crazy, crazed, mad, *insane: hysterical (see corresponding noun at MANIA): *iriational, unreasonable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • frantic — [adj] distressed, distracted agitated, angry, at wits’ end*, berserk, beside oneself*, corybantic, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out*, fraught, freaked out*, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered*, hot… …   New thesaurus

  • frantic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) distraught with fear, anxiety, etc. 2) done in a hurried and chaotic way. DERIVATIVES frantically adverb franticness noun. ORIGIN Old French frenetique violently mad , from Greek phrenitis (see FRENETIC(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

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