Definition of "frantic" []

• Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied: frantic with worry. (adjective)
• Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity: made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key. (adjective)
• Archaic Mad; insane. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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