adjective · rare

hectic

hec·tic

hectic · more hectic · most hectic

гарячковий, метушливий

суетливый, суматошный, лихорадочный

hektisch

Very busy with activity and confusionVery busy with activity and confusion.

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/ˈhɛktɪk/

» We have a hectic week ahead of us.

Впереди нас ждёт беспокойная неделя.

На нас чекає неспокійний тиждень.

Meaning

3 senses

(figuratively)Very busy with activity and confusion.
The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds
hektisch
лихора́дочныйlixorádočnyj, суетли́выйsujetlívyj, сумато́шныйsumatóšnyj
гарячковийharjačkovyj, метушливийmetušlyvyj
(obsolete)Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
hectic fever
лихора́дочныйlixorádočnyj, гекти́ческийgektíčeskij
гектичнийhektyčnyj, сухотнийsuxotnyj
(obsolete)Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.

More definitions

marked by intense agitation or emotion

Examples

38 sentences

We have a hectic week ahead of us.
На нас чекає неспокійний тиждень.
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I had a hectic week.
У мене був неспокійний тиждень.
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It sounds like you had a hectic day.
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That week in Boston was pretty hectic.
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Monday was so hectic.
ruПонедельник был такой суматошный!
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

very busy with activity and confusion:

denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption:

Русский

By meaning 2

very busy with activity and confusion:

denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

very busy with activity and confusion:

Origin

From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, fr

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”).

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