panic-strickenˈpanic-ˌstricken adjective 
Examples
Lucy suddenly looked panic-stricken.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Panic-stricken passengers trampled one another rushing for the exits.
- In a panic-stricken attempt to free herself from Annie's grip, she snatched the scissors off the table.
- Mr Cottle dashed in, looking panic-stricken.
- A horse may steal your jumper and then become panic-stricken because it is chasing him!
- He reminded Dexter of a panic-stricken mole who had suddenly found himself trapped outside his burrow.
- I did the only sensible thing any panic-stricken woman would have done under similar circumstances: I packed.
- Isabel screamed again, twisting her head from side to side, catapulted brutally into panic-stricken hysteria.
- Now that she had offered to stay she was almost panic-stricken by her own actions.
- Still no gas, still no bombs, we were so panic-stricken in those early days.
- Still no sound escaped, only a rush of panic-stricken breath.
- The panic-stricken people in the town thought only that they would be killed or enslaved and their city ruined.
Longman Language Activatorfrightened of someone or something► frightened
so frightened that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly: feeling very nervous and afraid of someone or something, because you think something bad is going to happen to you because of them: · Don't be frightened, it's only thunder.· Two frightened children were hiding in a corner of the room.frightened of: · A lot of people are frightened of dentists.· Are you frightened of the dark?frightened to do something: · I was frightened to move in case the branch broke.frightened of doing something: · He was frightened of making mistakes.frightened (that): · I was frightened my parents would get divorced, and wished that there was something I could do to make them happy again. · Alice kept perfectly still, frightened that the dog might attack her.
► afraid frightened: · Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you.afraid of: · He had a terrible temper and everyone was afraid of him.· It's amazing how many people are afraid of spiders.afraid (that): · Billy was afraid his aunt would punish him if he owned up.afraid to do something: · She was afraid to speak up in front of all these important people.afraid of doing something: · I didn't tell anyone, because I was afraid of being punished (=afraid I might be punished).
► scared especially spoken frightened: · The first time I went on a motorcycle I was really scared.scared of: · She's always been scared of heights.scared to do something: · I stood still, scared to move forward and scared to go back.scared of doing something: · I think they were all scared of offending him.scared (that): · I hate reading out my work in class - I'm scared that people are going to laugh at me.scared stiff/scared to death (=very scared): · When he came back he looked scared stiff, as if he'd seen a ghost.
► terrified extremely frightened: · The faces of the four terrified teenagers looked up at us.terrified of: · He's absolutely terrified of snakes.terrified to do something: · The little boy cowered behind the tree, terrified to make a sound.terrified (that): · I was terrified that my father would find out I had lied to him.absolutely terrified : · I couldn't move - I was absolutely terrified.
► petrified extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot move: · She just stood there, petrified at the thought of the crowds waiting outside.absolutely petrified: · He had the gun pointed at my head. I was absolutely petrified.petrified of: · She's a very nervous dog, and she's petrified of traffic.be petrified with fear: · He was petrified with fear as I held my knife in front of him.
► panic-stricken so frightened that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly, especially when something has suddenly frightened you: · A few seconds after the explosion the street was full of panic-stricken people, fleeing in all directions.· Mr Cottle dashed in, looking panic-stricken.· In a panic-stricken attempt to free herself from Annie's grip, she snatched the scissors off the table.
► live in fear to always be afraid of something unpleasant that is fairly likely to happen: · Until security can be assured, the people here will continue to live in fear.live in fear of something/doing something: · After leaking the secret document, Sarah lived in fear of being found out.live in fear (that): · A surgeon lives in constant fear that something will go wrong in an operation when he's feeling tired.
► scared stiff/scared out of your wits/scared to death informal extremely frightened: · You must have been scared stiff when you saw the car coming straight towards you.· Helen had to go for an interview with the school Principal -- she was scared stiff.· I knew a man was following me, and I was scared out of my wits.· Some of the prisoners were only 16 or 17, and they looked scared to death.
Lucy suddenly looked panic-stricken.