Synonyms of panicked

panicked 1 of 2

adjective

as in panicky

Related Words

• panicky
• worried
• upset
• frightened
• terrified
• apprehensive
• afraid
• perturbed
• scared
• spooked
• nervous
• alarmed
• agitated
• aghast
• horrified
• disquieted
• disturbed
• anxious
• panic-stricken
• jittery
• disconcerted
• jumpy
• timid
• affrighted
• hysterical
• shocked
• skittish
• funky
• timorous
• shrinking
• uneasy
• fearful
• horror-struck
• scary
• terrorized
• startled
• phobic
• tremulous
• appalled
• fainthearted
• dismayed
• unnerved
• intimidated
• cowed
• chicken
• fearsome
• shy
• daunted
• wary
• cautious
• coward
• craven
• pusillanimous
• tremulant
• cowardly
• careful
• gutless
• heedful
• unadventurous
• lily-livered
• prudent

Dissimilar Words

• daring
• spirited
• adventurous
• bold
• audacious
• brave
• plucky
• spunky
• dashing
• gutsy
• collected
• intrepid
• venturesome
• courageous
• daredevil
• heroic
• confident
• composed
• sure
• valiant
• unperturbed
• assured
• hardy
• sanguine
• gallant
• stalwart
• stout
• cool
• adventuresome
• venturous
• valorous
• undaunted
• resolute
• stouthearted
• fearless
• dauntless
• manful
• lionhearted
• unafraid

panicked

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verb

past tense of panic

as in frightened

to strike with fear

for some reason, the herd of feeding animals at the zoo panicked him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frightened
• scared
• terrified
• startled
• spooked
• shocked
• horrified
• alarmed
• terrorized
• shook
• frighted
• affrighted
• worried
• scarified
• appalled
• distracted
• amazed
• gave one the creeps
• dismayed
• jolted
• made one's flesh creep
• awed
• astounded
• disturbed
• shook up
• upset
• unnerved
• disconcerted
• perturbed
• distressed
• daunted
• unsettled
• bowled over
• dispirited
• emasculated
• disquieted
• discomforted
• floored
• demoralized
• chilled
• psyched (out)
• discomposed
• unmanned
• undid
• unstrung

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassured
• assured
• comforted
• cheered
• consoled
• soothed
• encouraged
• inspired
• emboldened
• heartened
• steeled
• solaced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of panicked

Adjective

In the days that followed, people as far away as New York and Florida made panicked calls to the store. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026

Then came a panicked call from Miller, who spotted jackhammers across the street. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026

For a panicked moment, the two of them just looked at each other. — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

LeCun has compared the panicked responses to recent AI incidents to blaming the entire plumbing industry for one bad plumber’s mistake, LeCun said. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Belle finds Kevin in their garage, panicked and holding a gun. — Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

People are logically panicked about their jobs being replaced by machines, just like the men who destroyed factories and left notes from the fictional Ned Ludd, thereby launching the Luddite movement. — Pat Gelsinger, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

The Niners spent August holding open auditions like a panicked theater director staring down opening night. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026

In the panicked days after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, New Yorkers agreed that their city had changed forever. — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026

Verb

The woman panicked and ran to find a friend who lives at the motel. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Another third-quarter possession ended at Ohio State’s 33, when Hoover was panicked on a blindside blitz and after a miscommunication on third-and-six late in the third, Cignetti had to settle for a 55-yard field goal try. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

There’s something here where they are panicked by the existence of meaningful competition in a way that does not usually happen in telecom. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026

The 40-foot homemade boat was overloaded with 64 people, who panicked and jumped overboard after De La Rosa began stabbing people, a Homeland Security Investigations criminal complaint states. — David Goodhue october 12, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

The private credit market got slammed earlier this year when investors panicked about funds’ exposures to software companies, which suddenly seemed obsolete amid developments in AI. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Tim, Devin and Reese, with the fourth, Lila, represented by the camera — are panicked, worried the strange-looking man is leading them to some abject horror. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Manchester United, panicked into needing a wide player, held conversations over a loan. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Like a klutz on an obstacle course, a Tesla Robotaxi with no safety driver seemingly panicked after taking a wrong turn and plowed through a row of bollards, those springy traffic barriers that you are not supposed to run down. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026