Definitions for: Panic

[n] an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
[n] sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"
[v] cause panic in; fill with panic; "Th mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"
[v] feel panic; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pan"ic, n. [L. panicum.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible
grain of some species of panic grass.

Panic grass (Bot.), any grass of the genus Panicum.

Pan"ic, a. [Gr. ? of or pertaining to ? Pan, to whom the
causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.]
Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of
fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. ``A panic
fright.'' --Dryden.

Pan"ic, n. [Gr. ? (with or without ? fear): cf. F.
panigue. See Panic, a.]
1. 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.

2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension
concerning financial affairs.

Synonyms: scare, terror

See Also: anxiety, anxiousness, dread, fear, fear, fearfulness, freak, freak out, fright, gross out, panic, red scare, terrify, terrorise, terrorize

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