panicked
Fled in terror
Panicked is the past tense of panic—to suddenly lose composure through fear or anxiety.
Someone who panicked acted rashly under pressure: She panicked and slammed the brakes.
The word can also work as an adjective describing the state itself: panicked investors sold everything, a panicked look in his eyes.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
scared · trembling · alarmed · aghast · apprehensive · trepidation · paralyzed · jittery
Wildly anxious or desperate
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- rushedDone with excessive speed
- hurriedDone too quickly
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
reckless · hasty · headlong · impetuous · precipitate · abrupt · scrambling · flailing
Unable to flee
- trappedUnable to escape
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- helplessUnable to act independently
powerless · overwhelmed · distraught · inconsolable · frozen · paralyzed · desperate · stricken
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
horror · scared · trembling · alarmed · aghast · apprehensive · trepidation · paralyzed · jittery · spooked
frantic
Wildly anxious or desperate
impulsive · reckless · hasty · headlong · impetuous · precipitate · abrupt · scrambling · flailing · last-ditch
cornered
Unable to flee
helpless · powerless · overwhelmed · distraught · inconsolable · frozen · paralyzed · desperate · stricken · anguished
mayhem
Violent disorder and destruction
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
disarray · confusion · disorder · tumult · havoc · commotion · uproar · frenzy · stampede · scramble
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- moodshappy, sad, angry, anxious, excited
- behavior statesalert, anxious, calm, confused, depressed
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- lost controllost control, lost it, snapped, went crazy, went nuts
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
panickedcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
cool-headed · collected · level-headed · self-possessed · poised