panic-stricken

[ pan-ik-strik-uhn ]

adjective

1. overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like:

   panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.

panic-stricken

adjective

1. affected by panic

Word History and Origins

Origin of panic-stricken¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

I muttered, completely panic-stricken and thinking that Mabrouka must not have realized this.

From The Daily Beast

But Turkish troops stopped these panic-stricken civilians at the Turkish border.

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The 1929 stock market crash took place over the course of a few panic-stricken October days.

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But the explanation seemed to work, because when I was done, Eve seemed more philosophical than panic-stricken.

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General Wheatonʼs brigade captured Malinta, and the insurgents fled panic-stricken after having suffered severely.

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Ward, panic stricken and terrified, looked up at Mr. Peck, who stood frowning down at the pair.

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He knew that if he were really panic-stricken and attempted to carry it off in the masterful manner, she would laugh in his face.

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There came a volley followed by fiendish yells and the advance came tearing back, panic-stricken.

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They were obviously panic-stricken, one or two of them being of an ashy-yellow, their nearest possible approach to pallor.

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