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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frantic, turbulent |
| Synonyms: | animated, boisterous, burning, chaotic, confused, disordered, excited, exciting, fervid, fevered, feverish, flurrying, flustering, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hassle, heated, hell broke loose, jungle*, madhouse, nutsy, restless, riotous, rip-roaring, tumultuous, unsettled, wild, woolly, zoolike |
| Antonyms: | calm, easeful, leisurely, unhurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, on the go |
| Synonyms: | bustling, busy as a beaver, energetic, full, fussy, hectic, humming, hustling, lively, popping, restless, strenuous, tireless, tiring |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, lazy |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feverish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a high temperature |
| Synonyms: | above normal, aguey, burning, burning up, febrile, fevered, fiery, flushed, having the shakes, hectic, hot, inflamed, on fire, pyretic, running a temperature |
| Antonyms: | chilled, chilly, cold, freezing |
| Main Entry: | feverish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited, agitated |
| Synonyms: | burning, distracted, fervid, fevered, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, heated, hectic, high-strung, impatient, keyed up, nervous, obsessive, overwrought, passionate, restless |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, cool, easy-going, unexcited |
| Main Entry: | frantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed, distracted |
| Synonyms: | agitated, angry, at wits' end, berserk, beside oneself, corybantic, crazy, delirious, deranged, distraught, excited, flipped out, fraught, freaked out, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hot and bothered, hot under the collar, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, insane, keyed up, mad, out of control, overwrought, rabid, raging, raving, shook up, spazzed out, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped, violent, weird, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired, worked up, zonkers |
| Notes: | frantic (from Latin phrenecticus 'frenetic') pertains to a mental state or condition, to a frame of mind, whereas that of frenetic pertains rather to a type of behavior or conduct |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, docile, peaceful, tranquil |
| Main Entry: | heated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, ardent, avid, bitter, excited, fervent, fervid, feverish, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, hectic, impassioned, indignant, intense, irate, ireful, mad, passionate, raging, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | calm, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | hurried |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick, rushed |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, breakneck, brief, cursory, fast, hasty, headlong, hectic, impetuous, perfunctory, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, rushing, short, slapdash, speedy, subitaneous, sudden, superficial, swift |
| Antonyms: | easily, leisurely, slow, unhurried, unrushed |
| Main Entry: | stimulating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
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