panickypan‧ic‧ky /ˈpænɪki/ adjective informal 
Examples
By ten o'clock she was starting to get a bit panicky.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- "Is he really dead?" Abe asked in a panicky voice.
- panicky motorists
- After waiting for him for two hours, Lorna got panicky and called the police.
- I began to feel panicky, sure that I was going to miss the train.
- And above all, this crime was spontaneous, panicky and angry.
- Arriving late to find all moving stairways were out of order a panicky half mile sprint was needed to catch our plane.
- Crowds of angry, panicky depositors threw stones at government buildings and police.
- Depression is an inability to function; women feel panicky, lethargic, unable to enjoy the baby.
- She had panicky thoughts about the Clifton suspension bridge and its alarming suicide rate, but Tavett did not mention Clifton.
- Stories appeared that were untrue, newspapers quoted things she had not said and she began to feel panicky.
- You receive a panicky call from a department head.
Longman Language Activatornervous► nervous
very nervous and anxious: · Bill looked nervous, and I could see his hands were shaking.nervous about · Kelli was so nervous about her exam that she couldn't sleep.· I'm a little nervous about leaving the kids at home all alone.· Many investors are nervous about their investments after the recent drop in the stock market.make somebody nervous · It makes me nervous when you drive that fast.
► tense so worried about something that you cannot relax, and you easily get angry or upset: · I always feel tense after driving all day.· Mary's problems at work were making her tense and irritable.· You seem awfully tense - why don't you have a drink and try to relax?
► jumpy/jittery very nervous so that you are unable to relax and are easily surprised by sudden sounds or movements: · The dogs are jumpy tonight - I wonder if there's something outside.· She was getting jumpy thinking about the trip.· I was feeling extremely jittery - all I wanted was to leave the bar as quickly as possible.· Investors are jittery due to uncertainty about interest rates.
► on edge if someone is on edge or if their nerves are on edge , they are nervous and likely to become angry or upset very easily: · Jerry had had a hard day and his nerves were on edge.· As reports of robberies continued to appear in the press, the whole community was increasingly on edge.
► uneasy nervous that something bad might happen, so that you feel anxious and unable to relax until the danger has passed: · There's something I don't trust about him. He makes me feel very uneasy.· It was the same uneasy feeling he'd experienced that morning when he saw the police car outside.uneasy about: · Rebecca was already beginning to feel uneasy about accepting the stranger's offer of a ride.
► panicky very nervous and anxious about something, especially when you are in a dangerous situation that you cannot control or change: · I began to feel panicky, sure that I was going to miss the train.· "Is he really dead?" Abe asked in a panicky voice.· After waiting for him for two hours, Lorna got panicky and called the police.
By ten o'clock she was starting to get a bit panicky.