panic

Definition of Panic in English :

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Noun

1. affright, panic, terror

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

2. panic, scare

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

Example Sentences:
'panic in the stock market'
'a war scare'
'a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building'

scare

Verb

3. panic

be overcome by a sudden fear

Example Sentences:
'The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away'

4. panic

cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

Example Sentences:
'The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Panic

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noun

1.

a sudden overwhelming feeling of terror or anxiety, esp one affecting a whole group of people

2. (modifier)

of or resulting from such terror

panic measures

verb -ics, -icking or -icked

3.

to feel or cause to feel panic

adjective

of or relating to the god Pan

Panic

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adjective

1. Literally

of Pan

2.

of sudden fear, as supposedly inspired by Pan

3.

having the nature of, or showing or resulting from, panic

noun

4.

a sudden, unreasoning, hysterical fear, often spreading quickly

5.

a widespread fear of the collapse of the financial system, resulting in unreasoned attempts to turn property into cash, withdraw money, etc.

6. Slang

a person or thing considered extremely humorous or entertaining

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpanicked or ˈpanicking

7.

to affect with panic

8. Slang

to convulse (a listener, audience, etc.) with laughter, delight, etc.

verb intransitive

9.

to give way to or show panic

noun

any of several grasses (genus Panicum), as millet, used as fodder

: also panic grass

Panic

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tr. & intr.v. pan·icked, pan·ick·ing, pan·ics

To affect or be affected with panic. See Synonyms at frighten.

n.

1. A sudden, overpowering feeling of fear, often affecting many people at once. See Synonyms at fear.

2. A state of extreme anxiety, such as that involved in a panic attack.

3.

a. A state of frantic activity, usually accompanied by extreme concern or anxiety: The office was in a panic as the deadline approached.

b. A sudden widespread alarm concerning finances, often resulting in a rush to sell property to raise cash.

4. Slang A person or thing that is considered extremely funny.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resulting from sudden, overwhelming terror: panic flight.

2. Of or resulting from a financial panic: panic selling of securities.

3. often Panic Mythology Of or relating to Pan.

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