vverb.emotionbe overcome by a sudden fearExamples:- The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away
Derivationally Related Form:panic
Hypernyms:dread fear
Inherited Hypernyms:panicfear
Direct Hyponyms:freakfreak outgross out
Full Troponyms:freak out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: panic)
vverb.emotioncause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panicExamples:- The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners
Derivationally Related Form:panic
Hypernyms:terrify terrorise terrorize
Inherited Hypernyms:panicterrifyfrightenstimulatearousemake
Causes:panic
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The bad news will --- him (apply to: panic)
adj satadj.allthrown into a state of intense fear or desperationSynset:frightened panic-stricken panic-struck panicky terrified
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:panic
Inherited Hypernyms:panicky
Similar to:afraid