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- Dictionaryfran·tic/ˈfran(t)ik/
adjective
- 1. wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion: "she was frantic with worry"
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FRANTIC definition: 1. almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry: 2. done or arranged in a hurry…. Learn more.
The meaning of FRANTIC is emotionally out of control. How to use frantic in a sentence.
Frantic is related to frenzy and both were originally ways to describe mental illness. Hundreds of years ago, if you were frantic, you were stark raving mad. Today, frantic implies fast wild movements or a desperate attempt to do something.
If someone is frantic, they are behaving in a desperate, wild, and disorganized way, because they are frightened, worried, or in a hurry.
Frantic definition: desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied. . See examples of FRANTIC used in a sentence.
FRANTIC meaning: 1. almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry: 2. done or arranged in a hurry…. Learn more.
Check pronunciation: frantic. Definition of frantic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
frantic meaning, definition, what is frantic: extremely worried and frightened about a...: Learn more.
1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied: frantic with worry. 2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity: made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key. 3. Archaic Mentally deranged. [Middle English frantik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus; see frenetic .]
Frantic definition: Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied.
