franticadjective
uk/ˈfræn.tɪk/us/ˈfræn.t̬ɪk/frantic adjective (VERY WORRIED/FRIGHTENED)
C2 almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry:
Where on earth have you been? We've been frantic with worry.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- have a cow idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- restless
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frantic adjective (HURRIED)
C2 done or arranged in a hurry and a state of excitement or confusion:
Share prices have soared to a new all-time high in a day of frantic trading on the stock market.
Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dose
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- hurried
- patch
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- sharpish
- snap
- throw
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