Thesaurus / frantic
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Lawmakers file so many bills during the frantic sessions, rushing from hearing room to hearing room, that they often leave special interests to hammer out the details.
INSIDE THE UTILITY COMPANY LOBBYING BLITZ THAT WILL HIKE ELECTRIC BILLSBY PATRICK WILSON, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCHOCTOBER 9, 2020PROPUBLICAI felt slightly frantic, knowing that, in the early pandemic period, every minute spent together in the house brought greater risk.
THE STUDENTS LEFT BEHIND BY REMOTE LEARNINGBY ALEC MACGILLISSEPTEMBER 28, 2020PROPUBLICACork boards keep everything in easy view, eliminating annoying paper piles and frantic searching for necessary items.
CORK BOARDS FOR ORGANIZING YOUR HOME OR OFFICEPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 17, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEAs frantic work continues to find a vaccine, countries like Nigeria continue to do all they can to curb the spread of the virus.
NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVEN LINEAGES OF SARS-COV-2CHRISTIAN HAPPISEPTEMBER 7, 2020QUARTZSome places seem to be getting into phase two-and-a-half, with the most frantic shopping starting to subside.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EVERYONE STAYS HOME TO EAT? (EP. 412)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAPRIL 9, 2020FREAKONOMICSFrantic applause, several times repeated, which drowned the voice of the orator.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANHalf frantic, I dashed forward, snatching as I did so a rapier from the wall, the only weapon handy.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSFrantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking at the same time, "The devil has got me at last."
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSAnd so saying, the mis-shapen little demon set up a hideous yell, and danced upon the ground as if frantic with rage.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSA frantic horse kicks tolerably hard you know, but I shall be able to tell you more when the doctor comes to-morrow.
WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIEHAROLD BINDLOSSWORDS RELATED TO FRANTIC
- alarming
- astonishing
- awe-inspiring
- awful
- beautiful
- breathtaking
- daunting
- dreadful
- exalted
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- frantic
- frightening
- grand
- hairy
- horrible
- horrifying
- imposing
- impressive
- intimidating
- magnificent
- majestic
- mean
- mind-blowing
- moving
- nervous
- overwhelming
- real gone
- shocking
- something else
- striking
- stunning
- stupefying
- terrible
- terrifying
- wonderful
- wondrous
- zero cool
- aflame
- agitated
- animated
- annoyed
- aroused
- awakened
- beside oneself
- charged
- delighted
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- disturbed
- eager
- enthusiastic
- feverish
- fired up
- frantic
- high
- hot
- hot and bothered
- hyperactive
- hysterical
- in a tizzy
- inflamed
- juiced up
- jumpy
- keyed up
- moved
- nervous
- on edge
- on fire
- overwrought
- passionate
- piqued
- provoked
- roused
- ruffled
- steamed up
- stimulated
- stirred
- thrilled
- tumultous/tumultuous
- wild
- wired
- worked up
- zipped up
- abrupt
- breakneck
- brief
- frantic
- gone off half-cocked
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- indiscreet
- jump the gun
- madcap
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- plunging
- precipitant
- quick
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- rushing
- subitaneous
- swift
- unanticipated
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- violent
- willful
- without warning
- abrupt
- breakneck
- brief
- frantic
- gone off half-cocked
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- indiscreet
- jump the gun
- madcap
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- plunging
- precipitant
- quick
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- rushing
- subitaneous
- swift
- unanticipated
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- violent
- willful
- without warning
- affected
- agitated
- all shook up
- beside oneself
- crazy
- distracted
- emotional
- excitable
- fired-up
- flipped-out
- frantic
- freaked-out
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot under collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hyper
- in a state
- keyed-up
- nervous
- neurotic
- on edge
- overexcited
- overstrung
- overworked
- spent
- steamed up
- stirred
- strung-out
- tense
- tired
- uneasy
- unstrung
- uptight
- weary
- wired
- worked-up
- worn
- wound-up
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