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Panic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Panic? [n] an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [n] sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare" [v] cause panic in; fill with panic; "Th mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" [v] feel panic; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Panic: scare \| terror Related Terms \| Find terms related to Panic: abject fear \| affright \| agitation \| alarm \| anxiety \| apprehension \| apprehensiveness \| attack of nerves \| awe \| bear panic \| belly laugh \| blue funk \| blue story \| boggle \| buck fever \| case of nerves \| cold feet \| confound \| consternation \| cowardice \| dirty joke \| dirty story \| discomfit \| dismay \| double entendre \| dread \| ethnic joke \| excessive irritability \| fear \| fidgetiness \| fidgets \| fight shy \| frenzy \| fright \| frighten \| fun \| funk \| funny story \| gag \| go to pieces \| good one \| good story \| horrification \| horror \| howl \| howler \| hysteria \| jape \| jest \| jestbook \| jib \| joke \| jump \| jump a mile \| laugh \| morbid excitability \| nerves \| nervosity \| nervous stomach \| nervousness \| panic fear \| panickiness \| phobia \| play \| point \| put in fear \| put to flight \| put to rout \| rib tickler \| riot \| rout \| scare \| scatter \| scream \| send scuttling \| shy \| sick joke \| sidesplitter \| sight gag \| skedaddle \| spell of nerves \| sport \| stage fright \| stampede \| start \| start aside \| startle \| state of nerves \| story \| terrify \| terror \| tic \| trepidation \| twitching \| uneasiness \| unholy dread \| unnerve \| vellication \| visual joke \| wheeze \| wow \| yarn See Also \| anxiety \| anxiousness \| dread \| fear \| fear \| fearfulness \| freak \| freak out \| fright \| gross out \| panic \| red scare \| terrify \| terrorise \| terrorize Panic In Webster's Dictionary \Pan"ic\, n. [L. panicum.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Panicum}; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. {Panic grass} (Bot.), any grass of the genus {Panicum}. \Pan"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of or pertaining to ? Pan, to whom the causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.] Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. ``A panic fright.'' --Dryden. \Pan"ic\, n. [Gr. ? (with or without ? fear): cf. F. panigue. See {Panic}, a.] 1. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic. 2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.

Panic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Panic?

[n] an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
[n] sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"
[v] cause panic in; fill with panic; "Th mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
[v] feel panic; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Panic: scare | terror

Panic In Webster's Dictionary

\Pan"ic\, n. [L. panicum.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Panicum}; panic grass; also, the edible
grain of some species of panic grass.

{Panic grass} (Bot.), any grass of the genus {Panicum}.


\Pan"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of or pertaining to ? Pan, to whom the
causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.]
Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of
fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. ``A panic
fright.'' --Dryden.


\Pan"ic\, n. [Gr. ? (with or without ? fear): cf. F.
panigue. See {Panic}, a.]
1. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and
   groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or
   a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized
   with a panic; they fled in a panic.

2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension
   concerning financial affairs.

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