Meanings
adjectivepanic-stricken (comparative more panic-stricken, superlative most panic-stricken)
comparative more panic-stricken · superlative most panic-stricken · alternative panicstricken
- Very frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic.
Synonyms: panic-struck
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivethrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐκπλαγής
- ἐκπλαγής (ekplagḗs)very frightened
Arabic مَذْعُور
- مَذْعُور (maḏʕūr)very frightened
German panikartig, panisch
- panikartigvery frightened
- panischvery frightened
Greek πανικόβλητος
- πανικόβλητος (panikóvlitos)very frightened
Māori maurirere, hopī
- maurirerevery frightened
- hopīvery frightened
Russian панический
- панический (paničeskij)very frightened
Swedish panikslagen
- panikslagenvery frightened
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