panic

/pˈænɪk/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
   “panic in the stock market”

verb

1. be overcome by a sudden fear
   “The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away”
2. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
   “The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners”

Synonyms for panic

• terror
• affright
• scare

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