Crossword clues for panicked
Wiktionary
Experiencing or in a state of panic. v
(en-past of: panic)
WordNet
adj. thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted" [syn: panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened]
See panic
Usage examples of "panicked".
Most leviathans had an innate primal fear of the rays, so that even they avoided being gored or envenomed, and even the larger ships often panicked and quit the field.
Houses were burning fiercely, bucket brigades toiled to prevent the fires from spreading, and everywhere the bodies sprawled in death, trampled underfoot by panicked townsfolk striving to save their own lives and belongings.
In the panicked minutes before she died, nine ghosts formed in her atrium and escaped, but her core persona had no way out.
The knowledge destabilized his alliance with the other ghosts, bringing it to the verge of panicked collapse.
The man was huge, but he was panicked, thrashing around with little coordination.
As if by instantaneous yet unvoiced consent, they turned and ran for the doors, Decimus as panicked as the rest.
Antony, but when his scouts reported that Lepidus was also at Forum Julii, Plancus panicked and retreated to Cularo, well north of the Via Domitia, and sent a message to Decimus Brutus, still on the Via Domitia.
Desperate to head Cassius off, Favonius threw himself between the two men in an unconsciously wonderful imitation of a panicked fowl.
The Empire crews panicked, faced with the legendary old Enemies of Humanity, and put out general distress calls, demanding that all Imperial ships forget about the rebellions to face the greater threat of the Hadenmen.
There were no ranks in the room anymore, however, only panicked individuals fighting for their lives.
His panicked white eyes were the last thing Chainer saw before the First vanished behind a cloud of black light.
Holmes was panicked that Lowell and Longfellow had rushed into the impossible cause, but here was hope.
His features were stiffened and decayed beyond normal recognition, but Rey knew the man, from his clothes, and from the still bulging, panicked eyes, to be the former sexton of the nearby Unitarian church.
Fields panicked at the growing number of police busying themselves studying the room, not yet taking notice of the two intruders.
Teal had already been alarmed and panicked at the arrangement made between the Harvard Corporation and Reverend Talbot, which he had heard discussed on several occasions at University Hall.