adjective. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied.

adjective. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity.

adjective. Mentally deranged.

To run about frantically.

Mad; raving; wild; distracted: as, frantic with fear or grief.

Characterized by violence and mental disorder; springing from madness or distraction.

Synonyms Distracted, infuriate, frenzied, raging.

noun. A frenzied person; a madman.

adjective. Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.

adjective. Insane, mentally unstable.

adjective. In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.

adjective. Extremely energetic

adjective. excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

adjective. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

"The word frantic has appeared in 354 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Nov. 14 in "For a Homeless Child, a Long Ride to 4th Grade" by Emily Canal:"

agitated  wild  

frenetic  frenzy  phrenitis  

Atlantic  Romantic  antic  gigantic  pedantic  

angry  breathless  desperate  foolish  frenzied  

Dionysiac  abandoned  agitated  amok  anarchic