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Princeton's WordNet

  1. panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightenedadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. panickedadjective

    Experiencing or in a state of panic.

  2. Etymology: panic + -k- + -ed – the -k- is so that the ‘c’ is pronounced as a /k/ (hard ‘c’), rather than as an /s/ (soft ‘c’).

Wikipedia

  1. panicked

    Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reaction. Panic may occur singularly in individuals or manifest suddenly in large groups as mass panic (closely related to herd behavior).

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  1. panicked

    Panicked refers to a state of extreme fear or anxiety that results in hasty, unthinking behavior. It's often caused by a sudden realization of danger or an unexpected, threatening situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of panicked in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of panicked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of panicked in a Sentence

  1. Reggie Sibiya:

    There is no need for panicked buying. There is no crisis.

  2. Hikaru Sato:

    The market panicked at first (about Brexit), but it doesn't look like it is spreading into a financial crisis or something serious at least at this moment.

  3. Lyle Mitchell:

    On June 5, 2015, Inmate Matt told me it was the day he and Inmate Sweat were breaking out of the facility. I know I had agreed to help them escape and run away with them, but I panicked and couldn't follow through with the rest of the plan. I really do love my husband and he's the reason I didn't meet Inmate Matt and Inmate Sweat, i didn't want anything to happen to Lyle and I couldn't imagine being without him. I believe I helped Inmate Matt and Inmate Sweat escape because I was caught up in the fantasy. I enjoyed the attention, the feeling both of them gave me, and the thought of a different life.

  4. Nadia Comaneci:

    When one member of the team got injured, it started a chain of bad luck as the others were left really shaken and then they just panicked, ...One girl got injured, then one girl fell off bars and then you couldn't stop the mistakes.

  5. Amy Deng:

    People were already panicked, then they made up this rumor and spread it, telling us not to even live in the community.

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