panicky

Adjective

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...
   • Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky. - 2022 November 1, Polly Toynbee, “Rishi Sunak’s only been in office for a...