panic
/ˈpeə̯nɪk/noun, verb2 syllables
Panic means: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
Synonyms for panic4
noun, as in an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
noun, as in sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
What does panic mean?4
noun
1
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events“panic in the stock market”
verb
1
be overcome by a sudden fear“The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away”
2
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic“The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with panic?11
two syllables
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Panic in a sentence
- If you panic, you aren't much of a help.Nuel
- Elias began to shoot, creating panic in the room.Amastan
- Gunter drove home in a panic, his heart racing.Amastan
- There’s no need to panic, it’s a minor problem.robert1991
- The train derailed causing panic among the passengers, but no casualties were reported.Amastan
- After a week of panic buying, the city's grocery stores have mostly bare shelves.Hybrid
- When your car suddenly breaks down, your first reaction is often to panic.Monde
- Panic over transgender bathroom use leads to cisgender women being harassed in public.shekitten
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of panic
as a noun
- plural
- panics
as a verb
- past tense
- panicked
- past participle
- panicked
- present participle
- panicking
- third-person singular
- panics