"frantic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹæntɪk/ Audio: en-us-frantic.ogg [US] Forms: more frantic [comparative], most frantic [superlative]
Rhymes: -æntɪk Etymology: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|frantike}} Middle English frantike, {{m|enm|frentik}} frentik, {{m|enm|frenetik}} frenetik, {{der|en|fro|frenetique}} Old French frenetique, {{der|en|LL.|phreneticus}} Late Latin phreneticus, {{m|la|phreniticus}} phreniticus, {{m|grc|φρενιτικός||mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain}} φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), {{m|grc|φρενῖτις||inflammation of the brain}} φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), {{m|grc|φρήν||the brain}} φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”), {{doublet|en|frenetic|phrenitic}} Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic Head templates: {{en-adj}} frantic (comparative more frantic, superlative most frantic)
  1. (archaic) Insane, mentally unstable. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-frantic-en-adj-KbN3B9z9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 35 28
  2. In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush. Translations (In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush): неистов (neistov) (Bulgarian), обезумял (obezumjal) (Bulgarian), 慌亂不安的 (Chinese Mandarin), 慌乱不安的 (huāngluàn bù'ān de) (Chinese Mandarin), 瘋狂 (Chinese Mandarin), 疯狂 (fēngkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 狂暴 (kuángbào) (Chinese Mandarin), 喪心病狂的 (Chinese Mandarin), 丧心病狂的 (sàngxīnbìngkuáng de) (Chinese Mandarin), frenetický (Czech), zběsilý (Czech), horečnatý (Czech), hektisk (Danish), febrilsk (Danish), ude af sig selv [person] (Danish), rasende [person] (Danish), panisch (Dutch), vimmattu (Finnish), raivoisa (Finnish), hurja (Finnish), vauhko (Finnish), riehakas (Finnish), epätoivoinen (Finnish), éperdu (French), paniqué (French), frénétique (French), außer sich (German), rasend (German), frenetico (Italian), esagitato [masculine] (Italian), 気違いじみた (kichigai-jimita) (alt: きちがいじみた) (Japanese), furiālis (Latin), maurirere (Maori), hopī (Maori), tūmekemeke (Maori), êpèrdu (Norman), febrilsk (english: activity) (Norwegian Bokmål), febrilsk (english: activity) (Norwegian Nynorsk), frenético (Portuguese), неи́стовый (neístovyj) (Russian), бе́шеный (béšenyj) (Russian), вне себя́ (vne sebjá) (Russian), frenético (Spanish), hektisk (Swedish), frenetisk (Swedish), несамовитий (nesamovytyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шалений (šalenyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-frantic-en-adj-XjfJTRVF Disambiguation of 'In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush': 0 99 0
  3. Extremely energetic.
    Sense id: en-frantic-en-adj-SEgZGkXH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 35 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frenetic, frenzied, frantick [obsolete], phrantic [obsolete], phrantick [obsolete] Derived forms: frantically, franticly Related terms: frenetic, frenzy, phrenitis, phrenology, schizophrenia

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹæntɪk/ Audio: en-us-frantic.ogg [US] Forms: frantics [plural]
Rhymes: -æntɪk Etymology: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|frantike}} Middle English frantike, {{m|enm|frentik}} frentik, {{m|enm|frenetik}} frenetik, {{der|en|fro|frenetique}} Old French frenetique, {{der|en|LL.|phreneticus}} Late Latin phreneticus, {{m|la|phreniticus}} phreniticus, {{m|grc|φρενιτικός||mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain}} φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), {{m|grc|φρενῖτις||inflammation of the brain}} φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), {{m|grc|φρήν||the brain}} φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”), {{doublet|en|frenetic|phrenitic}} Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic Head templates: {{en-noun}} frantic (plural frantics)
  1. (archaic) A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-frantic-en-noun-GRtrNR0G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 35 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frantick [obsolete], phrantic [obsolete], phrantick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "vauhko"
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "paniqué"
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "frénétique"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "außer sich"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "rasend"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "frenetico"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "word": "esagitato"
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          "alt": "きちがいじみた",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kichigai-jimita",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "気違いじみた"
        },
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "furiālis"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "maurirere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "hopī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "tūmekemeke"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "êpèrdu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "english": "activity",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "febrilsk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "english": "activity",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "febrilsk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "frenético"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neístovyj",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "неи́стовый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "béšenyj",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "бе́шеный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vne sebjá",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "вне себя́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "frenético"
        },
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          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
          "word": "hektisk"
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          "word": "несамовитий"
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          "roman": "šalenyj",
          "sense": "In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush",
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          "text": "At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.",
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      "word": "неи́стовый"
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        "2": "φρενῖτις",
        "3": "",
        "4": "inflammation of the brain"
      },
      "expansion": "φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φρήν",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the brain"
      },
      "expansion": "φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frenetic",
        "3": "phrenitic"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frantics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "frantic (plural frantics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5,\nHow nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1657, Aston Cockayne, The Obstinate Lady, London: Isaac Pridmore, act V, scene 3, page 56",
          "text": "[…] who but sensless Franticks would have thoughts so poor? My Reason forsakes the government of this weak Frame, and I am fall’n into disorder […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1721, Cotton Mather, diary entry for 16 July, 1721 in Diary of Cotton Mather, 1709-1724, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Seventh Series, Volume VIII, Boston: 1912, p. 632,\nThe Destroyer, being enraged at the Proposal of any Thing, that may rescue the Lives of our poor People from him, has taken a strange Possession of the People on this Occasion. They rave, they rail, they blaspheme; they talk not only like Ideots but also like Franticks, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "madman",
          "madman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹæntɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æntɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-frantic.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/En-us-frantic.ogg/En-us-frantic.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/En-us-frantic.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "frantick"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "phrantic"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "phrantick"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frantic"
}

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