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panic

noun

she felt a wave of panic |

he ran outside in a panic:

alarm, anxiety, nervousness, fear, fright, trepidation, dread, terror, horror, agitation, hysteria, consternation, perturbation, dismay, disquiet, apprehension, apprehensiveness;

informal flap, fluster, state, cold sweat, funk, tizzy, tizz;

North American, informal swivet.

▷antonyms calm, calmness.

verb

1 there's no need to panic:

be alarmed, be scared, be nervous, be afraid, overreact, become panic-stricken, take fright, be filled with fear, be terrified, be agitated, be hysterical, lose one's nerve, be perturbed, get overwrought, get worked up, go/fall to pieces, lose control, fall apart;

informal flap, get in a flap, lose one's cool, get the jitters, get into a tizzy/tizz, run around like a headless chicken, freak, freak out, get in a stew, get the willies, get the (screaming) heebie-jeebies;

British, informal get the wind up, go into a (flat) spin, have kittens, lose one's bottle, throw a wobbly, have an attack of the wobblies.

2 talk of love panicked her:

frighten, alarm, scare, unnerve, fill with panic, agitate, horrify, terrify;

informal throw into a tizzy/tizz, freak, freak out, spook;

British, informal put the wind up.

▷antonyms relax.