NOUN | feeling | panic, terror, affright | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
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state | panic, scare | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | |
VERB | emotion | panic | be overcome by a sudden fear |
emotion | panic | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
Sounds | pae'nihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. | |
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Synonyms | terror, affright | |
Narrower | swivet | A panic or extreme discomposure |
Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
Spanish | horror, pánico, terror | |
Catalan | horror, pànic, terror | |
Adjectives | panicky | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation |
Verbs | panic | be overcome by a sudden fear |
panic | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
Meaning | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. | |
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Example | "panic in the stock market" | |
Synonym | scare | |
Narrower | red scare | A period of general fear of communists |
Broader | anxiety, anxiousness | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic |
Spanish | pánico | |
Catalan | pànic | |
Verbs | panic | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
Meaning | Be overcome by a sudden fear. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam and Sue panic | |
Example | "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" | |
Caused by | panic | Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
Narrower | freak out, freak, gross out | Lose one's nerve |
Broader | fear, dread | Be afraid or scared of |
Spanish | tener miedo | |
Nouns | panic | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
Meaning | Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will panic him | |
Example | "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" | |
Cause to | panic | Be overcome by a sudden fear |
Broader | terrify, terrorize, terrorise | Fill with terror |
Nouns | panic | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
panic | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events |
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