panicking in English

verb

1

feel or cause to feel panic.

the crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit

synonyms: be alarmed, be scared, be nervous, be afraid, take fright, be agitated, be hysterical, lose one's nerve, get overwrought, get worked up, flap, get in a flap, lose one's cool, get into a tizzy, freak out, get in a stew, have kittens, frighten, alarm, scare, unnerve, throw into a tizzy, freak out

verb

• be alarmed, be scared, be nervous, be afraid, take fright, be agitated, be hysterical, lose one's nerve, get overwrought, get worked up, flap, get in a flap, lose one's cool, get into a tizzy, freak out, get in a stew, have kittens
• frighten, alarm, scare, unnerve, throw into a tizzy, freak out

Use "panicking" in a sentence

1. And instead of panicking, he just stopped.

2. Amycus was panicking, and panicked people are likely to ramble

3. Wildly, aimlessly, madly, frantically, confusedly Panicking Blindly they stumbled towards the exit.

4. Most people have natural buoyancy, and will readily stay afloat if panicking is avoided.

5. After panicking, Pierce regained control and worked at getting himself out of the situation.

6. Synonyms for Affrighting include scaring, frightening, terrifying, alarming, startling, shocking, horrifying, panicking, terrorising and terrorizing

7. Government ministers accused agents provocateurs linked to Sunni Muslim militants of deliberately panicking the huge crowd of Shia Muslim pilgrims into a stampede.

8. 28 He has accused McCain of "panicking" in the face of Wall Street events and has been reminding voters at every turn that McCain had long advocated deregulating Wall Street, blamed for the crisis.

9. Along these lines, psychologist Alan Goldstein reports: “We teach agoraphobic patients to relax, to use breath control and to stop their panicking thoughts and focus on the ‘here and now’ to help them deal with panic attacks.”