hectic

Meaning

Adj

1. Very busy with activity and confusion.
2. (obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
3. (obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A hectic fever.
2. (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.

Synonyms

feverish

bustling

frantic

chaotic

bewildering

consumptive

phthisical

dizzy

💫

hectic fever

heated

busy

hot

🥵

phthisic

irritating

keen

mad

manic

messy

occupied

passionate

pellmell

pell-mell

rabid

raging

red

restless

seething

sensual

stirring

sultry

topsy-turvy

torrid

turbulent

unclear

upset

vehement

very busy

wild

pyrexial

a consumptive person

ablaze

febricitant

agitated

ardent

cluttered

engaged

excited

fanatic

febrile

frenetic

frenzied

furious

haggard

impassioned

Hyphenated as

hec‧tic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛktɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: etik

In summary

From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).