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# panicky

«panicky» in Mova's school dictionary: **feeling or showing sudden great fear or worry, so that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (panicky)

### meaning for a pupil

(informal) Panicky means feeling or showing sudden great fear or worry, so that you cannot think calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: a panicky voice, a panicky crowd. In everyday life and safety: «I felt panicky when I lost Mum in the shop» — the advice is to stop, breathe and find a safe adult.

### examples

- I felt panicky when I couldn't find my ticket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#x1)
- The panicky horse ran round the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#x2)
- Her voice sounded panicky on the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#x3)
- Take deep breaths if you feel panicky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#x4)
- The crowd became panicky when the lights went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#x5)
- He gets panicky before tests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panicky/#x6)

### note

Spelling: panic + k + y (panicky), just like panicked, panicking. Noun and verb: panic. Informal.

### Trees and pragmatics

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