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, 2020PROPUBLICA
I 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, 2020PROPUBLICA
Cork 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 SCIENCE
As 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, 2020QUARTZ
Some 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, 2020FREAKONOMICS
Frantic applause, several times repeated, which drowned the voice of the orator.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
Half frantic, I dashed forward, snatching as I did so a rapier from the wall, the only weapon handy.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking at the same time, "The devil has got me at last."
And 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 DICKENS
A 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 BINDLOSS
WORDS RELATED TO FRANTIC
- bent
- bent out of shape
- beside oneself
- boiling
- browned off
- bummed out
- corybantic
- crazed
- demented
- desperate
- enraged
- fierce
- fit to be tied
- foaming at the mouth
- frantic
- frenetic
- frenzied
- fuming
- hacked
- hopping mad
- in a towering rage
- incensed
- infuriated
- insane
- irate
- irrational
- livid
- maniac
- on the warpath
- rabid
- rage
- raging
- smoking
- steamed
- unreasonable
- up in arms
- vehement
- vicious
- violent
- wrathful
- 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
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.