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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
frantic
    adj 1: 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" [syn: frantic, frenetic,
           phrenetic, frenzied]
    2: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
       delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
       gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: delirious,
       excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 deed! --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

         Torrents of frantic abuse.               --Macaulay.
   -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. --Shak. --
   Fran"tic*ness, n. --Johnson.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Frantic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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