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What is the adjective for panic?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs panic and panick which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

panic
  1. (now rare) Pertaining to the god Pan.
  2. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
panicogenic
  1. (medicine) engendering a state of panic
paniclike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of panic.
panicked
  1. Experiencing or in a state of panic.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. alarmed, frightened, terrified, scared, afraid, fearful, anxious, horrified, nervous, worried, shocked, troubled, uneasy, disturbed, spooked, upset, aghast, hysterical, apprehensive, unnerved, distressed, terrorised, terrorized, dismayed, affrighted, startled, hysteric, daunted, scary, aroused, horror-struck, in a panic, distracted, agitated, frantic, distraught, frenzied, delirious, distrait, discomposed, flustered, twitchy, tormented … more
panick
  1. Obsolete form of panic.
panical
  1. Obsolete form of panic.
panicky
  1. In a state of panic.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scared, frightened, nervous, fearful, terrified, afraid, petrified, alarmed, anxious, jittery, jumpy, spooked, agitated, horrified, intimidated, edgy, hysterical, shocked, unnerved, startled, aghast, trembling, cowed, perturbed, antsy, frantic, daunted, windy, stunned, frenzied, rattled, distressed, fearsome, terror-stricken, scared stiff, worked up, scared to death, panic-stricken, in a flap, in a tizzy, running scared, frozen with fear, paralysed with fear, paralyzed with fear, timorous, timid, apprehensive, frozen, tremulous, horror-struck … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I became panicky the closer I got to the bottom of the slide and to the edge of the water.”
      “A panicky gent in casual business attire streaks by him with hands clamped tight over his ears, his mouth an ugly smear of discomfort.”
      “He was getting fractious and crabby while I was getting panicky because I knew there was something else and I couldn't remember what it was.”
panicless
  1. Free from panic.
panickier
  1. comparative form of panicky: more panicky
panickiest
  1. superlative form of panicky: most panicky
panicking
  1. present participle of panic
  2. Synonyms:
      3. overreacting, flapping, becoming panic-stricken, freaking, getting overwrought, taking fright, falling apart, losing control, becoming hysterical, falling to pieces, freaking out, getting the jitters, getting worked up, getting in a flap, getting into a tizz, getting the heebie-jeebies, getting the willies, going to pieces, getting flustered, getting in a stew, getting into a tizzy, getting the screaming heebie-jeebies, getting the wind up, going into a spin, having kittens, losing your bottle, losing your nerve, throwing a wobbly, freezing up, going into a flat spin, losing it, running around like a headless chicken, coming apart, having an attack of the wobblies, running scared, having a fit, pushing panic button, shaking in your boots, chickening out, losing your cool, alarming, scaring, terrifying, frightening, horrifying, spooking, unnerving, rattling, startling, affrighting … more
panicking
  1. present participle of panic
  2. Synonyms:
      3. overreacting, flapping, becoming panic-stricken, freaking, getting overwrought, taking fright, falling apart, losing control, becoming hysterical, falling to pieces, freaking out, getting the jitters, getting worked up, getting in a flap, getting into a tizz, getting the heebie-jeebies, getting the willies, going to pieces, getting flustered, getting in a stew, getting into a tizzy, getting the screaming heebie-jeebies, getting the wind up, going into a spin, having kittens, losing your bottle, losing your nerve, throwing a wobbly, freezing up, going into a flat spin, losing it, running around like a headless chicken, coming apart, having an attack of the wobblies, running scared, having a fit, pushing panic button, shaking in your boots, chickening out, losing your cool, alarming, scaring, terrifying, frightening, horrifying, spooking, unnerving, rattling, startling, affrighting … more
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