Synonyms for frantic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fran-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræn tɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for frantic Other synonyms for the word frantic
- at wits' end
- berserk
- beside oneself
- corybantic
- crazy
- deranged
- excited
- flipped out
- fraught
- freaked out
- hot and bothered
- hot under the collar
- hyper
- in a stew
- in a tizzy
- insane
- keyed up
- out of control
- rabid
- raging
- raving
- shook up
- spazzed out
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
- violent
- weird
- weirded out
- wigged out
- wild
- wired
- worked up
- zonkers
Définition of frantic
Origin :- mid-14c., "insane," unexplained variant of Middle English frentik (see frenetic). Transferred meaning "affected by wild excitement" is from late 15c. Of the adverbial forms, frantically (1749) is later than franticly (1540s).
- adj distressed, distracted
- How frantic, as if all things were about to eventuate, remembering not that nothing ends.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The frantic movement and din of shrieks disturbed Uncle Peter.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The two men bent to the task, heedless of Mary's frantic protest.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- When, at last, words came, they were a frantic prayer of protest.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The Indians knew enough of English to understand this frantic cry.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It was succeeded by the most frantic and angry demonstrations of vengeance.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Here were traces of what Fenton called his "frantic labours."
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Their attention attracted by his frantic flight, they stopped to wonder.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- The youngest gentleman in company utters a frantic negative.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- And the crowd which acclaimed her, the frantic crowd, followed in her wake.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for frantic
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