1
as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
the frantic parents were searching all over the fairgrounds for their lost child
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2
as in furious
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
the holiday season seems to be moving along at a frantic pace
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Recent Examples of frantic
Grass cut too short can shift the game to a frantic pace.
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Working at a frantic pace and always trying to improve his material, Spielberg drew in various collaborators to work on the drafts of what would become Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Condolences poured in for the family, which documented the extensive, frantic search on social media.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Search-and-rescue volunteers in Japan have found the body of an Auburn University student who went missing during a family vacation, his family said, marking a tragic end to a frantic dayslong search across forested mountains.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Working at a frantic pace and always trying to improve his material, Spielberg drew in various collaborators to work on the drafts of what would become Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Condolences poured in for the family, which documented the extensive, frantic search on social media.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Search-and-rescue volunteers in Japan have found the body of an Auburn University student who went missing during a family vacation, his family said, marking a tragic end to a frantic dayslong search across forested mountains.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantic
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There should be trainings at your school on how to deal with agitated students and hostile situations.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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Johnson became further agitated when Scott asked her about her seemingly troubled relationship with her daughters.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Scenes of furious sketching, intricate designs of delicate cutouts and swirling shapes and fabrics, pinning, sewing and the bustle of runway shows alternate with fretting about how to pay the rent.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 June 2026
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The post, liked by 8 million users, drew thousands of comments, mostly from furious Knicks fans who couldn’t believe that the furry red Muppet didn’t fully endorse his hometown team for its away game.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Both Jesse and Ashley were emotionally distraught and crying throughout the video.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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The next night, Husband arrived for his shift looking shaky and distraught and breathing heavily.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
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The next morning, my feet began to itch like mad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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None of that would've been possible without the vision that Clay Travis laid out to me early in 2020 as the world was about to go mad.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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Anthropic is also worried that competitors could use Anthropic’s AI systems to turbocharge their own research — Anthropic uses its own AI systems to help create the next generation of its models.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Brandon, who lives in Rockwell, North Carolina, is worried that new Medicaid work requirements starting next year could jeopardize her health coverage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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What all present did expect was a fierce contest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Bagnulo noted that the competition will be fierce.—
Andrew McNicol,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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The entries never become frightened.—
Kate Casey,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
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Fireworks set off without authorization in Rome reportedly triggered a mass stampede of frightened horses during a late-night rehearsal for Italy’s annual Republic Day parade, injuring multiple riders and animals.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Thanks to more than 200 years of intense and virtuoso scientific work, what were once valid or at least plausible concerns and objections to vaccines have been overcome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Whether Tuchel will, in fact, be able to produce a more intense high-pressing style this summer, given the climate and the dense schedule, is another matter.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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“Frantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantic. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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