frantic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fran·tic BrE [ˈfræntɪk] NAmE [ˈfræntɪk] adjective
1. done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized
Syn: ↑hectic
•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
Syn: ↑beside yourself
•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).
Derived Word: ↑frantically

Word Origin:
[frantic frantically] late Middle English frentik, ‘insane, violently mad’, from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’.

Example Bank:
•He was quite frantic by the time we got home.
•The children have been driving me frantic all day!
•We were starting to get frantic with worry.
•Her frantic parents searched for nearly an hour.
•I've been almost frantic with worry for the last half-hour.
•It was a constant frantic rush against the clock.
•Jack was beginning to feel quite frantic.
•Let's go back. Your parents must be getting frantic by now.
•The children are driving me frantic.
•They began a frantic search for the missing child.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied