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   frantic

   /ˈfrantɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion: "she was frantic with worry"
   • ▪ conducted in a hurried, excited, and disorganized way: "frantic attempts to resuscitate the girl"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishfrentik, ‘insane, violently mad’, from Old French frenetique (see frenetic).

   Derivatives

   • 1. franticness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

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