Synonyms: affright, terror, panic
Definition: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Similar words: fright, fear, fearfulness
Definition: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Definition: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
Usage: panic in the stock market; a war scare; a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building
Similar words: anxiety, anxiousness
Definition: (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
Synonyms: panic
Definition: cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
Usage: The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners
Synonyms: panic
Definition: be overcome by a sudden fear
Usage: The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away
Definition: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
Usage: I fear the winters in Moscow; We should not fear the Communists!