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panickier

panickier is the comparative form of panicky.

Meaning of panicky

Adjective

panicky (comparative more panicky, superlative most panicky)

  1. In a state of panic.
    • At six feet the panicky thought rushed into my mind, What if he will not run? Why, then I shall club him, came the answer. In my fear I had forgotten that I was there to get the bull instead of to make him run. And just then he gave a snort and a snarl and rushed at me.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Questions about panickier

What is panickier the comparative form of?
Panickier is the comparative form of panicky.

Words near panickier in the dictionary

  1. panick
  2. panicked
  3. panickedly
  4. panicker
  5. panickers
  6. panickier
  7. panickiest
  8. panickily
  9. panickiness
  10. panicking
  11. panickingly

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