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1
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
- the frantic parents were searching all over the fairgrounds for their lost child
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- agitated,
- delirious,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- distraught,
- frenzied,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric)
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2
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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“Frantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantic. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of frantic was in the 14th century
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