frantic
US: /ˈfɹæntɪk/
UK: /fɹˈɑːntɪk/
UK: /fɹˈɑːntɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
frantic /'fræɳtik/
- tính từ
- điên cuồng, điên rồ
- to be frantic with pain: đau phát cuồng, đau phát điên
- điên cuồng, điên rồ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized: a frantic dash / search / struggle + They made frantic attempts to revive him. + Things are frantic in the office right now. + They worked with frantic haste.
2 unable to control your emotions because you are extremely frightened or worried about sth: frantic with worry + Let's go back. Your parents must be getting frantic by now. + The children are driving me frantic (= making me very annoyed).
frantically adverb: They worked frantically to finish on time.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
frenzied, excited, frenetic, nervous, overwrought, excitable, wrought up, distracted, distraught, beside oneself, hysterical, wild, berserk, mad, running amok; upset, agitated, perturbed, at one's wit's end, disconcerted, confused; hectic; Colloq in a state, in a tizzy, up the wall, in a dither, out of one's mind, Chiefly US and Canadian discombobulated:
They are frantic because they haven't heard from Edmund in a week.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | become, get, go | drive sb
The children have been driving me frantic all day!
ADV.
really | absolutely, quite
He was quite frantic by the time we got home.
| increasingly | almost
PREP.
with
We were starting to get frantic with worry.
Concise English dictionary
'fræntɪk
adj.
+excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
+marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
