| NOUN | feeling | panic, terror, affright | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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