Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of panic
comparative more panicked · superlative most panicked
- Experiencing or in a state of panic.
I really wasn’t panicked. Despite the four feet of aluminum pole dangling like a misplaced tail, I knew I wasn’t attached to some demon, but had slipped the grip of the man, who then raced after me, yelling invectives guaranteed to emphasize his mistake rather than my escape.
2010, Susan Wilson, chapter 9, in One Good Dog, Large Print edition, Waterville, Me.: Wheeler Publishing, →ISBN, page 84
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivethrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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