Search results
- Dictionarypan·ic/ˈpanik/
noun
- 1. sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior: "she hit him in panic"
verb
- 1. feel or cause to feel panic: "the crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit" Similar Opposite
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of PANIC is of, relating to, or resembling the mental or emotional state believed induced by the god Pan. How to use panic in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Panic.
a sudden, strong feeling of anxiety or fear that prevents reasonable thought and action and may spread to influence many people: [ U ] When fire broke out, 602 people died in the panic that ensued.
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals. Synonyms: fear, alarm. an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear.
If you panic, or if someone or something panics you, you become anxious or afraid, and act without thinking carefully.
People panic when they lose control over themselves because of fear, stress, or danger. A pilot who runs into turbulence and then flees from the cockpit has panicked. A surgeon who makes a mistake might panic for a second, before chilling out and helping the patient.
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 feeling of great fear that cannot be controlled and prevents you from thinking clearly. a moment of panic. They were in a state of panic. in panic Office workers fled in panic as the fire took hold. There's no point getting into a panic about the exams.
See synonyms for panic on Thesaurus.com noun a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave calmly, or to make someone feel this way: Don't panic, we've got plenty of time. You panicked me by telling me I was late. (Definition of panic from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of panic verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
