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panic-stricken

[pan-ik-strik-uhn]

pan·ic-strick·en

[pan-ik-strik-uhn]
adjective
overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
Also, pan·ic-struck [pan-ik-struhk] .


Origin:
1795–1805
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Panic-stricken is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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panic-stricken or panic-struck
 
adj
affected by panic
 
panic-struck or panic-struck
 
adj

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