Frantic - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

There's no point getting agitated

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

adjective

Nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control

Usage examples:

Gordon became visibly agitated when asked about the minimum wage issue., many times the private hos…

adjective

Out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied.

Usage examples:

A man went berserk with an arsenal of guns

adjective

Not in control, extremely excited, or crazy

Usage examples:

He received a perfect score and the crowd went berserk.

adjective

Very worried and upset.

Usage examples:

Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager

adjective

Extremely anxious and upset

Usage examples:

We were all distraught over the loss of our homes in the flood.

adjective

Suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I was distressed at the news of his death

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Distressed debts, etc. are sold to investors at very low prices because there is a high risk that the company owing them will be unable to pay them back. investors buy them because they hope to get back more from the company owing the money than they have paid for the debts

Usage examples:

The texas-based firm buys distressed assets from financial institutions and liquidates them at a pr…

adjective

Having or showing the symptoms associated with a dangerously high temperature.

Usage examples:

They mopped his fevered brow

verb

Bring about a high body temperature or a state of nervous excitement in.

Usage examples:

A heart which sin has fevered

adjective

Unnaturally excited or active

Usage examples:

The movie is clearly the product of a fevered imagination., the nurse wiped my fevered brow.

adjective

Having or showing the symptoms of a fever.

Usage examples:

She felt sick and feverish

adjective

Having a fever

Usage examples:

I’m feeling a little feverish – i hope it’s not the flu., they worked from dark to dawn at a feveri…

adjective

(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable).

Usage examples:

Marketing any new product is fraught with danger

adjective

Full of (unpleasant things such as problems or dangers)

Usage examples:

Writing about science at a popular level is a task fraught with difficulty.

adjective

Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

Usage examples:

A frenetic pace of activity

adjective

Involving a lot of movement or activity; extremely active, excited, or uncontrollable

Usage examples:

Americans like fast cars, fast-food restaurants, and a frenetic pace of life.

adjective

Wildly excited or uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

A frenzied attack

adjective

Uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent

Usage examples:

The office was a scene of frenzied activity this morning., as the evening wore on the dancing got m…

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

abbreviation

Mare.

determiner

Short for my (representing the pronunciation used by lawyers in court to refer to or address the judge or a fellow barrister on the same side).

Usage examples:

M'learned friend

prefix

Denoting commercial activity conducted electronically by means of mobile phones.

Usage examples:

M-commerce

adjective

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.

Usage examples:

She was too overwrought to listen to reason

adjective

Very frightened

adjective

Feeling or characterized by uncontrollable fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

I started to feel panicky and breathless

adjective

Feeling suddenly very worried or frightened

Usage examples:

A panicky feeling/expression/action, is he the panicky type?

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him