The DICT Development Group

  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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  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]

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "frantic":
     Dionysiac, abandoned, agitated, amok, anarchic, angry,
     at fever pitch, bacchic, bellowing, berserk, blustering,
     blusterous, blustery, carried away, chaotic, confused, corybantic,
     delirious, demoniac, desperate, disconcerted, distracted, distrait,
     distraught, ecstatic, enraptured, excitable, excited, fanatical,
     febrile, feral, ferocious, feverish, fierce, frenetic, frenzied,
     fulminating, furious, haggard, hectic, hellish, hog-wild, howling,
     hyperactive, hyperkinetic, hysteric, hysterical, in a dither,
     in a tizzy, in a transport, in hysterics, infatuated, infuriate,
     insane, insensate, intoxicated, intrusive, like one possessed, mad,
     madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, mindless, nervous, officious,
     orgasmic, orgastic, orgiastic, overanxious, overdesirous,
     overeager, overenthusiastic, overwrought, overzealous, pandemoniac,
     perfervid, perturbed, possessed, rabid, raging, rambling, ramping,
     ranting, ravening, raving, raving mad, ravished, rip-roaring,
     roaring, running mad, running wild, stark-raving mad, storming,
     stormy, tempestuous, transported, troublous, tumultuous, turbulent,
     ultrazealous, uncontrollable, uproarious, upset, violent,
     wandering, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, wrought up