Synonyms for panic
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pan-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for panic Other synonyms for the word panic
- agitation
- be terror-stricken
- become hysterical
- Black Monday
- bust
- chicken out
- clutch
- cold feet
- come apart
- crash
- crush
- depression
- freeze up
- go to pieces
- have a fit
- jam
- lose nerve
- overreact
- push panic button
- rainy day
- run scared
- rush
- scare
- shake in boots
- slump
- stampede
- startle
- terrify
- terror
- trepidation
- unnerve
Définition of panic
Origin :- "mass terror," 1708, from earlier adjective (c.1600, modifying fear, terror, etc.), from French panique (15c.), from Greek panikon, literally "pertaining to Pan," the god of woods and fields, who was the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.
- In the sense of "panic, fright" the Greek word is short for panikon deima "panic fright," from neuter of Panikos "of Pan." Meaning "widespread apprehension about financial matters" is first recorded 1757. Panic button in figurative sense is first recorded 1955, the literal sense apparently is from parachuting. Panic attack attested by 1970.
- noun extreme fright
- noun sudden drop in value in financial markets
- verb become, make afraid or distressed
- Seized with a panic, my mother, to make a man of me at once, sent me to —— school.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The panic excited by the squatter skunk had been another lesson.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- But he had scarcely marked the paper when he started back, in a panic.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- After the panic had once seized the enemy there was but little firing.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- I have allowed myself to give way to panic like a child in the dark.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- A panic was surging through me; must I be brought to book by such as he?
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- I came in a panic, which is still there, but in a modified degree.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Alice clutched Walter's arm in a panic; they were just at the driveway entrance.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- Then, after a few moments, inactivity would bring him panic.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- All the carriers dropped Smith's body and bolted in the panic.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
Antonyms for panic
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