frantic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frantic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for frantic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frantic adj excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye" Synonym(s): frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" Synonym(s): delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak. Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay. -- {Fran"tically}, adv. -- {Fran"ticly}, adv. --Shak. -- {Fran"ticness}, n. --Johnson.