panicky en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpænɪki/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From panic + -y.
Meanings
-
In a state of panic.
At six feet the panicky thought rushed into my mind, What if he will not run? Why, then I shall club him, came the answer. In my fear I had forgotten that I was there to get the bull instead of to make him run. And just then he gave a snort and a snarl and rushed at me.
1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky.
2022 November 1, Polly Toynbee, “Rishi Sunak’s only been in office for a few days – and the errors are already piling up”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more panicky | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most panicky | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
panickily · unpanicky · panickiness
Translations (16)
de panisch (in a state of panic) · sv panikslagen (in a state of panic) · es paniqueado (Lat. Am.) (in a state of panic) · fr paniqué (in a state of panic) · fr saisi de panique (in a state of panic) · ja パニック状態 (in a state of panic) · es aterrorizado (in a state of panic) · ga anbhách (in a state of panic) · sv panisk (in a state of panic) · de panikartig (in a state of panic) · es aterrado (in a state of panic) · ru панический (in a state of panic) · ga scaollmhar (in a state of panic) · pl w panice (in a state of panic) · cs panický (in a state of panic) · ro panicat (in a state of panic)