frantic

/'fræɳtik/

Thân thiện

The toddler became frantic when he couldn't find his favorite toy.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion: Describes a state of extreme, often chaotic, excitement, enthusiasm, or emotion.
   • Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion: Describes a state of wild, desperate, and panicked activity or feeling, typically caused by anxiety, fear, or urgency.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The frantic search for the missing child continued through the night.
  • She made a frantic attempt to finish the report before the deadline.
  • His voice was frantic as he called for help.

Advanced Usage

• "to be frantic with [emotion]": to be in a state of wild agitation because of a specific feeling.
  • The parents were frantic with worry when their son didn't come home.
• "frantic pace/activity": describing a speed or level of action that is hurried and chaotic.
  • The office was a scene of frantic activity before the product launch.

Variants and Related Words

• Frantically (adverb): in a desperate, hurried, or panicked manner.
  • He searched frantically for his keys.
• Frenetic (adjective): fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way. (A close synonym, often used interchangeably with "frantic").
  • The frenetic pace of city life.

Synonyms

• Frenzied: wildly excited or uncontrolled.
• Hectic: full of incessant or frantic activity.
• Panicked: affected with sudden, overwhelming fear.
• Desperate: feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.

Related Phrases

• "in a frantic state": in a condition of panic or desperate agitation.
  • She was in a frantic state after losing her passport.
• "frantic efforts": desperate and hurried attempts to do something.
  • The firefighters made frantic efforts to control the blaze.

Related Idioms

• "Like a headless chicken": (An idiom describing frantic, disorganized, and panicked behavior, similar to the state implied by "frantic").
  • After the system crashed, he was running around like a headless chicken.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
   • a crowd of delirious baseball fans
   • something frantic in their gaiety
   • a mad whirl of pleasure
2. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• delirious
• excited
• mad
• unrestrained
• frenetic
• phrenetic
• frenzied