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1. (n.) panic
a sudden overwhelming fear that produces hysterical behavior and that can spread quickly through a crowd.
2. panic
an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear.
3. panic
an anxiety disorder characterized by feelings of impending doom and physical symptoms such as trembling and hyperventilation.
4. panic
a sudden widespread fear that the economy is faltering, causing stock values to fall and some banks to fail, as investments and savings are hastily withdrawn.
5. panic
Informal. someone or something that is considered hilariously funny.
6. (adj.) panic
of the nature of, caused by, or indicating panic:
panic selling of stocks.
7. panic
(cap.) of or pertaining to the god Pan.
8. (v.t.) panic
to affect with panic.
9. panic
Informal. to keep (an audience or the like) highly amused.
10. (v.i.) panic
to be stricken with panic; become frantic with fear.
11. (n.) panic
any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L pānicum a kind of millet)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) panic, terror, affright
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
2. (verb) panic, scare
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
"panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
3. (verb) panic
be overcome by a sudden fear
"The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
4. (verb) panic
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
"The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
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1. (noun) panic
≠ calm
There was widespread panic in the area around the explosion.; I got in a panic about all the work I had to do.
2. (verb) panic
to be too frightened to think clearly, or to cause sb to do this
Don't panic - everyone stay calm.; Any sudden moves will panic the animals.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) panic
extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm
2. (adj) panic
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
3. (adj) panic
by extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs
4. (noun) panic
a plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. panic
A state of extreme acute, intense anxiety and unreasoning fear accompanied by disorganization of personality function.
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Sense: (a) sudden great fear, especially that spreads through a crowd etc
The fire caused a panic in the city.
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 Afrikaans: paniek |
 Arabic: ذُعْر، رُعب |
 Bulgarian: паника |
 Brazilian: pânico |
 Czech: panika |
 German: die Panik |
 Danish: panik |
 Greek: πανικός |
 Spanish: pánico |
 Estonian: kabuhirm |
 Farsi: هراس |
 Finnish: paniikki |
 French: panique |
 Hebrew: בְּהָלָה, פָּנִיקָה |
 Hindi: दहशत |
 Croatian: panika |
 Hungarian: pánik |
 Indonesian: ketakutan |
 Icelandic: skelfing, ofsahræðsla |
 Italian: panico |
 Japanese: パニック |
 Korean: 공포 |
 Lithuanian: panika |
 Latvian: panika |
 Malay: panik |
 Dutch: paniek |
 Norwegian: panikk |
 Polish: panika |
 Persian: هراس |
 Pashto: وېره، نابوبره ويره، ترورو |
 Portuguese: pânico |
 Romanian: panică |
 Russian: паника |
 Slovak: panika |
 Slovenian: preplah |
 Serbian: panika |
 Swedish: panik |
 Thai: ความตื่นตกใจ |
 Turkish: panik |
 Taiwanese: 恐慌 |
 Ukrainian: паніка |
 Urdu: خوف، و ہراس |
 Vietnamese: hoảng loạn |
 Chinese: 恐慌 |
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