panicky
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- s thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
became panicky as the snow deepened
- To add to his distress, Escobar was growing panicky about the safety of his family.
- Stan Freberg cried, and complained of "panicky network people and panicky sponsors hanging like a tapioca curtain between the public and a comedian.
- Meantime, Hollywood makes its panicky adjustment to the coming of sound pictures.