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Pronunciation:  'frantik

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
  2. [adj]  marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
 
 Synonyms: agitated, delirious, excited, frenetic, frenzied, mad, phrenetic, unrestrained, wild
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

      Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.

      Torrents of frantic abuse.               --Macaulay.
-- {Fran"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Fran"tic*ly}, adv. --Shak. --
{Fran"tic*ness}, n. --Johnson.

 
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