English · Word Candidate

panic

/ˈpænɪk/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: panics · panicking · panicked

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đầy sợ hãi, sợ hãi, v.v.: áp đảo hoặc đột ngột

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Adjective

Examples

All things were there in a diſordered confuſion, and in a confuſed furie, vntill ſuch time as by prayers and ſacrifices they had appeaſed the wrath of their Gods. They call it to this day, the P[a]nike terror.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Thuộc về hoặc kết quả từ sợ hãi hoặc sợ hãi áp đảo

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Adjective

Examples

[H]e perceived how that many women followed his ſouldiers, ſome being their wives, and ſome wanting nothing to make them ſo but marriage, […] The King coming to a great river, after his men and the wagons were paſſed over, cauſed the bridge to be broken down, hoping ſo to be rid of theſe feminine im

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Sợ hãi hoặc sợ hãi áp đảo, thường ảnh hưởng đến nhóm người hoặc động vật

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Noun

Examples

She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Sự giảm giá tài sản nhanh chóng do nỗ lực rộng rãi để tăng tiền mặt

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Noun

Examples

"I thought you inherited your money." "I did, old sport," he said automatically, "but I lost most of it in the big panic—the panic of the war."

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “panic” mean?

Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.

Is “panic” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.