panicked

pan-icked · verb, adjective

imported

Definitions

verb, adjective

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "panic"; experienced or caused sudden overwhelming fear.

  2. 2.

    Affected by or showing panic; extremely frightened or anxious.

Related words

Antonyms: calm, composed, relaxed
See also: frightened, panic, panicking, terrified
Synonyms: alarmed, frightened, terrified

Etymology

From panic + -ed, the regular English past tense and participial suffix. Note the spelling with doubled 'k' before the suffix.