hectic

UK
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
US
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/

Translations

hecticadjective
more hectic
Comp.
most hectic
Super.
UK
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
US
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
The office was hectic as everyone rushed to meet the deadline.
Le bureau était frénétique, car tout le monde se précipitait pour respecter l’échéance.
The concert was a hectic event with fans cheering and dancing wildly.
Le concert était un événement agité, avec des fans qui applaudissaient et dansaient de façon effrénée.
Additional translations
trépidantSurtout pour un rythme ou une activité très intense.
héctiqueSens médical ou historique.
hecticnoun
hectics
pl
UK
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
US
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
Archaic medical usage referring to a specific fever or a person suffering from it.
fièvre hectiqueSens médical historique.
In the nineteenth century, consumption patients often succumbed to a hectic.
Au XIXe siècle, les malades atteints de phtisie succombaient souvent à une fièvre hectique.
Additional translations
héctiqueVieilli, médical.

Definitions

hecticadjective
Full of incessant or frantic activity.
The office was hectic as everyone rushed to meet the deadline.
Characterized by intense agitation, excitement, or confusion.
The concert was a hectic event with fans cheering and dancing wildly.
Affected by or relating to a recurrent fever marked by flushes and emaciation (now chiefly historical).
The patient lay in bed, her cheeks bearing the hectic glow of a lingering fever.
Having a flushed or feverish appearance, especially of the cheeks, characteristic of certain fevers such as tuberculosis (historical).
A hectic flush colored his otherwise pale face.
hecticnoun
A recurrent fever accompanied by flushes of heat, sweating, and weight loss, especially associated with tuberculosis.
In the nineteenth century, consumption patients often succumbed to a hectic.
A person suffering from a hectic fever, especially from tuberculosis (historical).
The poet, a thin hectic, composed verses from his sickbed.