panicky

panicky
panicky pan"ick*y adj. Same as {panic-stricken}; as, the travellers became panicky as the snow deepened.

Syn: panic-stricken, panic-struck, petrified, terrified, frightened. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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