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- 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
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Panic is a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action. Learn how to use the word panic as a noun, verb, and adjective, and see examples of panic in different contexts.
Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word panic, which can be a noun, adjective, or verb. Panic means a sudden overpowering fright, extreme anxiety, or unreasoning terror caused by the god Pan in Greek mythology.
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.
Panic is a strong feeling of fear or anxiety that makes you act without thinking. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and examples of panic in British and American English.
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.
Panic is a sudden feeling of great fear that prevents you from thinking clearly. Learn how to use the word panic in different contexts, such as idioms, collocations and word origin, with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Panic is a noun or verb that means a sudden, strong feeling of worry or fear that makes you unable to think or behave calmly. Learn how to use panic in sentences and see translations in different languages.
