panic
noun
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.
panicky
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a word derived from
panic.
Example Sentences
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"There was a lady who was in need of her medication, she was getting quite panicky."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“You can feel panicky and paranoid. People come in worried that they’re dying,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
In fact, cash levels remained unaltered from March at 4.3%, still some way off the panicky highs of 4.8% in April 2025 and 6.3% in October 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Diving supplies, stratospheric prices, and rules and regs for who could buy how much gas and when sent Americans into panicky buying habits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
At seventy Mississippi he gave up and began to feel panicky again.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
