| Rushed |
| Frantic |
| Chaotic |
| Seething |
| Confused |
| Frenzied |
| Feverish |
| Very busy |
| Tumultuous |
| Like a zoo |
| Awfully busy |
| Crazily busy |
| Fever-pitched |
| Not just busy |
| Overly rushed |
| Helter-skelter |
| Incredibly busy |
| Frantically busy |
| Intensely agitated |
| Filled with activity |
| Excitedly disordered |
| Like Christmas shopping |
| Like last-minute doings |
| Extremely busy — fevered |
| Like malls on Black Friday |
| Like the life of a working single mom |
| Marked by intense agitation — fevered |