'panicky' definitions:
Definition of 'panicky'
From: WordNet
adjective
Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic- stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted" [syn: panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened]
Definition of 'panicky'
From: GCIDE
- panicky \pan"ick*y\ adj. Same as panic-stricken; as, the travellers became panicky as the snow deepened.
- Syn: panic-stricken, panic-struck, petrified, terrified, frightened. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'panicky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraid,
- all nerves,
- apprehensive,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- cowed,
- daunted,
- dismayed,
- edgy,
- excitable,
- fainthearted,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- funking,
- funky,
- henhearted,
- high-strung,
- in a panic,
- intimidated,
- irritable,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- nerves on edge,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- on edge,
- overstrung,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- panic-prone,
- panic-stricken,
- panic-struck,
- panicked,
- pigeonhearted,
- rabbity,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- soft,
- timid,
- timorous,
- uneasy,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- yellow