stricken with panic
1panic-stricken — [pan′ikstruk΄pan′ik strik΄ən] adj. stricken with panic; badly frightened; hysterical and out of control from fear: also panic struck [pan′ikstruk΄] …
2panic — panic1 panicky, adj. /pan ik/, n., adj., v., panicked, panicking. n. 1. a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals. 2.… …
3panic — I. /ˈpænɪk / (say panik) noun 1. a sudden demoralising terror, with or without clear cause, often as affecting a group of persons or animals. 2. an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear. –adjective 3. (of fear, terror, etc.) suddenly… …
4panic — I pan•ic [[t]ˈpæn ɪk[/t]] n. adj. v. icked, ick•ing 1) psi a sudden overwhelming fear that produces hysterical behavior and that can spread quickly through a crowd 2) psi an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear 3) psi an anxiety disorder… …
5panic — pan·ic || pænɪk n. sense of extreme fright; attack of fear, episode of fright; alarm, dismay, scare v. be overcome with extreme fright, be stricken with panic, be alarmed …
6stricken — a past participle of strike, survives chiefly in compound adjectives such as grief stricken and panic stricken. In compositional uses such as Goya was stricken with a mysterious illness, it sounds archaic …
7stricken — adjective formal very badly affected by trouble, illness, unhappiness etc: Supplies of medicine were rushed to the stricken city. (+ by/with): stricken with a fatal disease | poverty stricken (=very poor): poverty stricken areas riddled with… …
8panic-struck — adjective 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, ↑panicked, ↑panic stricken …
9panic — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sudden uncontrollable fear or alarm. b (attrib.) characterized or caused by panic (panic buying). 2 infectious apprehension or fright esp. in commercial dealings. v.tr. & intr. (panicked, panicking) (often foll. by into) affect… …
10panic — n 1. alarm, terror, horror, fear, fright, dread, trepidation; stark horror, abject fear, scare of one s life; hysteria, mental turmoil, confusion, consternation, nervousness, jitters, Inf. whim whams, Sl. jimjams, agitation; dismay, perturbation …
