franticness

noun

as in anxiousness

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Recent Examples of franticness Christopher Fahmie is convincingly caddish as Beau, but like most of his castmates could dial up the franticness a bit more. — Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for franticness
  1. anxiousness
  2. anxiety
  3. unease
  4. trepidation
  5. restlessness
  6. uneasiness
  7. worry
  8. perturbation
Noun
  • High-cost financing decisions are almost always made in a state of anxiousness or panic.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • There are signs to look for in potential abusive relationships, like isolation from friends and family, controlling behaviors and anxiousness.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of anxiousness
Noun
  • The headlines often focus on uber-selective colleges and universities, the lengths students and parents will go to access them, and the parts of the process of applying that evoke the most anxiety.
    — Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One of the most dreadful packing pain points is the anxiety of whether everything will actually fit in your suitcase, which, thankfully, my Away Bigger Carry-on has eliminated.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of anxiety
Noun
  • Shares of Google parent Alphabet were around 4% lower in premarket trading, but that primarily reflected investor unease over rising AI spending outlined in the company's earnings report on Wednesday.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • There’s understandably a lot of unease and a lot of complaint.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of unease
Noun
  • There, friends and family members sang together in Spanish and English, embracing each other in greeting, checking in about their children or their health and sharing their mix of hope and trepidation with one another.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Photographer Arsène Mpiana and I left Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, and traveled to Bunia, in Ituri province, with some trepidation.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of trepidation
Noun
  • Mars in Gemini, on the other hand, moves through life with speed, curiosity and mental restlessness.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Standing on opposite sides of the protests, the pair fall for each other despite the divide, recognizing in one another a restlessness neither can quite name.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of restlessness
Noun
  • Still, Buffett had decided to pull his funding ahead of this decision, which could signal his uneasiness about the Gates Foundation’s relationship with Epstein.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Still, Allen wouldn't totally commit, citing an uneasiness with having to be overly critical if it's not warranted.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of uneasiness
Noun
  • There have also been growing concerns that AI companies are propping each other up through a web of funding deals, with Nvidia at the heart of those worries.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Those worries came to a head after the May election rout, leading to Starmer’s fall and Burnham’s rise.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of worry
Noun
  • With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of perturbation

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