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panic
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: terror]
2: 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" [syn: scare]
v 1: be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when
told that final exams were less than a week away"
2: cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere
thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
[also: panicking, panicked]
panicked
adj : 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" [syn: panicky, panic-stricken,
panic-struck, terrified, frightened]