Word Meaning

panics definition and meaning

n. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.
a. Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
a. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.
a. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.

Crossword clues for panics

- A stampede
- Acute anxiety
- Alarm
- Alarm skillet, I see
- Become hysterical
- Contagious fear
- Extreme fear
- Extreme fright
- Feeling of anxiety and worry
- Fret
- Frighten
- Go to pieces
- Great fear
- Hysteria
- Hysterical alarm
- In Japan, I cause hysteria
- Mass hysteria
- Overreact
- Room for Jodie Foster in movie camera sweep, I see
- Sudden fear
- Sudden terror
- Sudden uncontrollable fear
- Terror
- Freaks out
- Freaks out in caps, dancing
- Is alarmed