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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion;
- Example: "frantic with anger and frustration"
- Example: "frenetic screams followed the accident"
- Example: "a frenzied look in his eye"
[syn: frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied]

2. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;
- Example: "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"
- Example: "something frantic in their gaiety"
- Example: "a mad whirl of pleasure"
[syn: delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained]



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.
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         Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.
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         Torrents of frantic abuse.               --Macaulay.
   -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. --Shak. --
   Fran"tic*ness, n. --Johnson.
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WordNet (r) 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]