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Meanings of frantic in English

Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.

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Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion.

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Usage of frantic in English
1
I feel frantic- Ididn'task him what I wanted to ask him.
Allegiant
2
Sadly the quality did not match expectations; it was frantic and physical.
The Irish Times
3
She held up a hand, frantic to keep the situation from escalating.
Beneath a southern sky
4
We had a very frantic week this week with the cold open.
The new yorker
5
Bottlers in South Africa are frantic about the likely loss of jobs.
Reuters
6
The water flew in cascades from the frantic paddles of the boat-men.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
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His body simply went to sleep, leaving his mind awake and frantic.
Shadows Return
8
Ye dogg was in a great terror, and frantic in its bonds.
Crooked Trails
9
Still, Amanda regularly received frantic calls at work about the girl's behavior.
Reuters
10
He said Hughes definitely made contact with him during the frantic finish.
News.com.au
11
Faraway in the distance there was the frantic barking of a dog.
The Scotch Twins
12
Three of West Brom's goals came in a frantic last 10 minutes.
The Irish Times
13
The more the boy yelled and cavorted, the more frantic the fun.
Tropic Days
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At first it's cruelly difficult, with its frantic pace and complex combat.
The Irish Times
15
Then Nina burst in upon us in one of her frantic rages.
The Secret City
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There was a frantic quality about him that Sienna hadn't seen before.
Inferno
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