frantic adj

1 excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye" [syn: 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, mad, unrestrained]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

1. In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.

   They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.

Translations

• Finnish: vimmattu, raivoisa, hurja, vauhko, riehakas
• German: außer sich, rasend
• Swedish: Upphetsning,Stress
• Portuguese: frenético

Frantic may refer to:

• Frantic (film), a 1988 film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford
• Frantic Films, a Canadian Visual Effects company
• "Frantic" (song), a song by Metallica
• "Frantic" (album), an album by British singer Bryan Ferry
• Operation Frantic & Operation Frantic Joe, World War II shuttle bombing missions

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