noun. A sudden, overpowering feeling of fear, often affecting many people at once. synonym: fear.

noun. A state of extreme anxiety, such as that involved in a panic attack.

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noun. A state of frantic activity, usually accompanied by extreme concern or anxiety.

noun. A sudden widespread alarm concerning finances, often resulting in a rush to sell property to raise cash.

noun. A person or thing that is considered extremely funny.

adjective. Of, relating to, or resulting from sudden, overwhelming terror.

adjective. Of or resulting from a financial panic.

adjective. Of or relating to Pan.

transitive & intransitive verb . To affect or be affected with panic. synonym: frighten.

noun. A grass of the genus Panicum.

[capitalized] Of or pertaining to the god Pan: as, Bacchic and Panic figures.

Inspired or as if inspired by Pan: applied to extreme or sudden fright: as, panic fear.

noun. A sudden fright, particularly a sudden and exaggerated fright affecting a number of persons at once; terror without visible or appreciable cause, or inspired by a trifling cause or by misapprehension of danger.

noun. Specifically An exaggerated alarm which takes possession of a trading community on the occurrence of a financial crisis, such as may be caused by the failure of an important bank, or the exposure of a great commercial swindle, inducing a general feeling of distrust, and impelling to hasty and violent measures to secure immunity from possible loss, thus often precipitating a general financial disaster which was at first only feared.

noun. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

noun. any grass of the genus Panicum.

adjective. Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright.

noun. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger

noun. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.

adjective. Pertaining to the god Pan.

adjective. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).

noun. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.

noun. Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.

verb. To feel overwhelming fear.

noun. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

verb. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

noun. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

verb. be overcome by a sudden fear

"The term panic is almost synonymous in our language with distraught, ineffective, overreactive behavior."

bitter panic  bulbous panic  creeping panic  low panic  panic-grass  

panicky  

panic attack  panic button  panic disorder  panic room  

terrify  terrorise  terrorize  

Atlantic  Germanic  Hispanic  Magellanic  Oceanic  

alarm  anger  anxiety  apprehension  depression  

abject fear  affright  agitation  alarm  anxiety  

panicked  panicking  

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