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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 with everyone rushing to meet the deadline.
Офис был беспокойным, так как все спешили уложиться в срок.
She had a hectic schedule with meetings back-to-back.
У нее был лихорадочный график с встречами одна за другой.
The market was hectic with shoppers during the holiday season.
Рынок был суматошным из-за покупателей в праздничный сезон.
Synonyms
agitated
wild
hectic
tumultuous
busy
chaotic
frenzied
frantic
Antonyms
calm
tranquil
peaceful
hecticnoun
hectics
pl
UK
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
US
/ˈhɛk.tɪk/
Archaic medical usage referring to a specific fever or a person suffering from it.

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.
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