Betekenis van panic In het Nederlands

• 0 a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action:

  • a state of panic

  • Panic spread through the crowd as the bullets started to fly.

  • Carmel was in a panic about her exam.

  • He got in(to) a panic that he would forget his lines on stage.

• 1 to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave calmly or reasonably:

  • Don't panic! Everything will be okay.

  • The sound of gunfire panicked the crowd.

  • The boss always panics over/about the budget every month.

• 2 a sudden, strong feeling of anxiety or fear that prevents reasonable thought and action and may spread to influence many people:

  • [ U ] When fire broke out, 602 people died in the panic that ensued.

  • [ C ] A brief panic overtook the financial markets in October.

• 3 a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action:

  • panic about/over sth There is no cause for panic about oil prices.

  • a state/wave of panic The government was in a state of panic.

  • cause/trigger panic The drop in prices could cause panic among investors.

  • There is no sense of panic yet or any feeling that this is the start of a long-term decline in the pound.

• 4 to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave reasonably, or to cause someone to feel this:

  • There is no need for home buyers to panic.

  • panic about/over sth Should people with savings panic about the safety of their money?

  • Oil producers were panicked by the drop in oil prices.

  • panic sb into doing sth The delay in consumer spending means that shops may be panicked into cutting prices.

• 5 resulting from a feeling of panic:

  • panic buying/selling Panic buying has led to fears that almost half the gas stations could run out of fuel by tomorrow.

  • a panic measure/reaction The private meeting was a panic reaction to the news of the merger.