franticness (noun)

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• franticness — frantic ► ADJECTIVE 1) distraught with fear, anxiety, etc. 2) done in a hurried and chaotic way. DERIVATIVES frantically adverb franticness noun. ORIGIN Old French frenetique violently mad , from Greek phrenitis (see FRENETIC(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

• franticness — noun see frantic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• franticness — noun The state or quality of being frantic …   Wiktionary

• franticness — noun see frantic I …   Useful english dictionary

• frantic — adjective Etymology: Middle English frenetik, frantik more at frenetic Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic mentally deranged b. emotionally out of control < frantic with anger and frustration > 2. marked by fast and nervous, disordered, or anxiety… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• frantic — adjective 1》 distraught with fear, anxiety, etc. 2》 conducted in a hurried and chaotic way. Derivatives frantically adverb franticness noun Origin ME frentik violently mad , from OFr. frenetique (see frenetic) …   English new terms dictionary

• frantic — /ˈfræntɪk / (say frantik) adjective 1. wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied; characterised by or relating to frenzy. 2. Obsolete insane or mad. {Middle English frentik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus… …  

• frantic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) distraught with fear, anxiety, etc. 2) done in a hurried and chaotic way. DERIVATIVES frantically adverb franticness noun. ORIGIN Old French frenetique violently mad , from Greek phrenitis (see FRENETIC(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

• frantically — frantic ► ADJECTIVE 1) distraught with fear, anxiety, etc. 2) done in a hurried and chaotic way. DERIVATIVES frantically adverb franticness noun. ORIGIN Old French frenetique violently mad , from Greek phrenitis (see FRENETIC(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary