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# panicked

«panicked» in Mova's school dictionary: **Suddenly felt such strong fear or worry that you could…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of panic: panic, panics, panicked, panicking); adjective (panicked)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Suddenly felt such strong fear or worry that you could not think clearly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#m1)

2) (adjective) Showing panic: a panicked voice, panicked crowds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character losing calm, often before a mistake. In safety lessons, pupils learn that panicking makes things worse: stay calm, follow the plan, find an adult. In everyday talk, people say they panicked about a test or a lost key. Phrases: panicked and ran, don't panic, a panicked look.

### examples

- When the fire alarm rang, nobody panicked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x1)
- I panicked when I could not find my mum in the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x2)
- The horse panicked at the loud bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x3)
- She gave me a panicked look before her speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x4)
- He panicked and forgot all his lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x5)
- The crowd panicked and rushed for the doors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x6)
- I panicked in the exam, then took a deep breath and started again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: add k before -ed and -ing (panicked, panicking), not «paniced». Same with picnic (picnicked) and mimic (mimicked). Panicky is the adjective for someone who panics easily.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «panicked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.