Synonyms:
panic, terror, affright
Meaning: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Synonyms:
panic, scare
Meaning: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
panic
Meaning: be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
Synonyms:
panic
Meaning: cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
Usage examples
Don't run or panic.
The swarm of bleak scatters in wild panic.
First panic, certainty that biscuit-box was short.
She was gripped with a sense of suffocation and panic
On his skeleton features there came a look of panic fear.
If your car breaks down during a storm, or if you become stalled or lost, don't panic.
"When the results are tragic they must be hushed up as far as is possible to prevent panic."
When I recovered possession of my senses I ran to my house and collected the members of the family, all of whom were panic stricken.
Then a panic fell upon the Pinkies at the loss of their leader, and Trot and Button-Bright called out in vain for them to rescue Cap'n Bill.
But the rumour ran quickly through the whole camp, probably not without Pepperrell's own encouragement, and at once produced, not a panic, but the most excellent effect.