panic

Noun
  1. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety (synset 107535851)
    is a type of: fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
    subtypes: swivet - a panic or extreme discomposure
    same as: affright, terror
  2. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events (synset 114429335)
    "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
    is a type of: anxiety, anxiousness - (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
    subtypes: red scare - a period of general fear of communists
    same as: scare
Verb
  1. Be overcome by a sudden fear (synset 201786037)
    "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
    is a type of: dread, fear - be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
    subtypes: freak, freak out, gross out - lose one's nerve
  2. Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic (synset 201785802)
    "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
    causes: panic - be overcome by a sudden fear
    is a type of: terrify, terrorise, terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatly

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