frantic
kind
archaic word
modern equivalent
wild, furious
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
wild, raging or out of control, with great rage or pain. tree →
how it differs from today
Today frantic means very worried or scared; here it means wild or raging, as with the pig's frantic kick.
examples
- "That is all very well," replied the Pig, with a squeal and a frantic kick. (The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter) tree →
- But this frantic burst of grief passed, and then they took possession of their own hearts again, crushed though they were in resignation. (Japanese Fairy Tales) tree →
- As she was raving and roaring in this frantic manner part of the floor suddenly opened and a huge giant rose up carrying a great chest in his arms. (The Brown Fairy Book) tree →
primary record
frantic
tests
rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 13 (Torah 0, tales 13, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.5 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «frantic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.