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panic-stricken
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective panic-stricken has 1 sense
- panic-stricken(s = adj.all) frightened, panic-struck, panicked, panicky, terrified - thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted"
CIDE DICTIONARY
panic-stricken, a.
Struck with a panic, or sudden fear; thrown into a state of intense fear; as, trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd. Burke. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
panic-stricken
afraid, aghast, alarmed, appalled, distressed, fearful, frenzied, horrified, horror-struck, hysterical, in a tizzy, jittery, jumpy, nervous, panic-struck, panicky, perturbed, petrified, scared stiff, stunned, stupefied, terrified, terror-stricken, terror-struck, unnerved, upset
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