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panicky

ADJECTIVE

afraid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxious apprehensive discouraged distressed fearful frightened horrified intimidated nervous perplexed perturbed scared shocked spooked startled timid

WEAK

abashed aghast alarmed aroused blanched cowardly cowed daunted disheartened dismayed disturbed faint-hearted fearsome frozen funky have cold feet in awe panic-stricken petrified rattled run scared scared stiff scared to death stunned suspicious terrified terror-stricken timorous trembling upset worried

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave calm comforted encouraged happy unafraid unfearful unworried

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In fact, cash levels remained unaltered from March at 4.3%, still some way off the panicky highs of 4.8% in April 2025 and 6.3% in October 2022.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

After the panicky Ray-Ray passes his guitar case to Sonny, out tumbles . . . a guitar, not the shotgun Sonny expected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Markets bounced back by May, suggesting the “triple red” was just a panicky hiccup.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

A Sept. 19 Emirates flight from San Francisco to Dubai had to abort its departure to allow several panicky passengers to debark, according to Bloomberg.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

A panicky feeling bubbled up inside Omakayas, and she wanted to laugh to drive the feeling off.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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