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frantic
CEFRC1
/ˈfɹæn.tɪk/
adjective · noun
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Very worried, excited, or hurried in a confused way.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailExtremely energetic.
Examples
Tom made a frantic attempt to finish painting the fence before dark.
You did a lot of work in frantic haste.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 3
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsIn a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
Insane, mentally unstable.
noun
Extra meaningA person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.
More examples
In contextThey returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5, How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?
frantic music
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.