panics in English

noun

1

sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior.

she hit him in panic

synonyms: alarm, anxiety, nervousness, fear, fright, trepidation, dread, terror, agitation, hysteria, consternation, perturbation, dismay, apprehension, flap, fluster, cold sweat, funk, tizzy, swivet

2

any of a number of cereal and fodder grasses related to millet.

Two of the most common, but functionally indeterminate, grass grains regularly identified from American Bottom sites are panic grass (Panicum sp.) and beardgrass.

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

noun

alarm, anxiety, nervousness, fear, fright, trepidation, dread, terror, agitation, hysteria, consternation, perturbation, dismay, apprehension, flap, fluster, cold sweat, funk, tizzy, swivet
scare
affright, terror

verb

be alarmed, frighten
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 "panics" in a sentence

1. The unsub fears riley will talk, panics, weighs his options...

2. Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (5th ed.).

3. It's the one-off thug who normally panics and lashes out.

4. Panics are relatively rare for ACPI and are the top priority to be fixed.

5. When Wei's theft is discovered, he panics and holds Wu's sister at knifepoint.

6. The paper, “Banking Crises Without Panics,” appears in the February issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics

7. That post bellum decade was ushered in by financial scandals, bank panics and a restructuring of the financial system.

8. The Chastening casts serious doubt on the IMF's ability to combat of investor panics at a time when massive flows of money traverse borders and oceans

9. 'Grey's Anatomy' mid-season premiere Blindsides viewers with an unexpected death By Marianne Garvey, CNN Updated 10:04 AM ET, Fri March 12, 2021 Bailey panics as she hears there has been a surge of

10. Brian Kilmeade Panics At The Mention Of ‘Murder Charges’ For Trump: ‘That’s A Huge Leap’ Fox News host Brian Kilmeade complained on Tuesday after co-host Steve Doocy speculated that President Donald Trump could face "murder charges" after he leaves office.