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frantic
What does frantic mean?
frantic (adjective): excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use frantic in a sentence?
- Frantic with anger and frustration. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce frantic?
/ˈfɹæntɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does frantic come from?
From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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