- panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened - thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted"
Antonyms: unafraid, fearless (indirect, via afraid)
- panic - be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
--1 is one way to fear, dread
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun panic1
Sam and Sue panic
- panic - cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
--2 is one way to terrify, terrorize, terrorise
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun panic1, noun panic2
The bad news will panic him