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Antonyms for panicky


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pan-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn ɪk



Definition of panicky

Origin :
  • 1869, from panic (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Panickiness.
  • adj afraid
Example sentences :
  • He wondered with a panicky feeling whether he had hurt her in any way.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
  • He had rested but a moment, when he was seized with an extraordinary "panicky" feeling.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Briscoe might get it away from me, or he might not; but I wa'n't goin' to get panicky over it.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • I'm so scared that if I'm intercepted, I may get panicky, and if I do someone is likely to get hurt.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • I've got some ideas I don't dare tell you about; you might get panicky and run!
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
  • They shot away with a wild plunge and a scurry of panicky hoofs.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • That crowd was so panicky that it didn't have sense enough even to surrender.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
  • The exhausted and panicky shoat began floundering in the mud.
  • Extract from : « Ticktock and Jim » by Keith Robertson
  • I had steeled myself against the meeting, with a cold, panicky dread.
  • Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson
  • Let drill, discipline, and orders slide, and your men will get panicky for the want of it.
  • Extract from : « John Brown » by Captain R. W. Campbell

Synonyms for panicky

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