panic-stricken

[ pan-ik-strik-uhn ]

/ ˈpæn ɪkˌstrɪk ən /

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adjective

overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.

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Also pan·ic-struck

[pan-ik-struhk]. /ˈpæn ɪkˌstrʌk/.

Origin of panic-stricken

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby panic-stricken

panic grass, panicle, panicmonger, panic room, panic stations, panic-stricken, paniculate, panidiomorphic, panimmunity, pan-Indian dancing, panini

How to use panic-stricken in a sentence

Just two young kids experiencing the panic, pain, and then the miracle, of new birth.
Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It.|Gene Robinson|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hence, I suspect, the panic, the lockdown, the capitulation.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack|James Poulos|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then came a call to pick up two stricken American health workers.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Someone was sure to capitalize on the Ebola panic, and Dr. Joseph Alton is that guy.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In one sentence, he asserts: “Panic is worse than complacency.”
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We stood staring after the fugitives in perfect bewilderment, totally unable to explain their apparently causeless panic.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Two artillery subalterns who had fought their way through a mob stricken with panic for the moment, soon arrived.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
She didn't move for a minute, and the shocked, stricken look in her eyes grew more intense.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Then, of a sudden, the little colour faded from her cheeks again, and she seemed stricken with a silence.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for panic-stricken

panic-stricken

panic-struck

adjective

affected by panic

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British Dictionary definitions for panic-stricken

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