Nervous and Panicked

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Nervous adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

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Panicked and nervous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Panicked" instead an adjective "Nervous".

Nearby Words: nerve, nervy, nervously

Panicked adjective - Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.

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Nervous and panicked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nervous" instead an adjective "Panicked".

Nearby Words: panicky, panicking

Cowardly Lion: Unlike Frank West and Chuck Greene, who usually keep their cool around zombies, Nick gets nervous and panicked when surrounded by a horde of the undead and his first instinct is usually to run away from them.

Source: Video Game / Dead Rising 3
Possibly agoraphobia as she seems nervous during her trip to town and becomes almost panicked when she attracts the attention of some local louts.

Source: Ambiguous Disorder
She can be either be happy, easily panicked, nervous, confused and/or shy to slightly deadpan, snarky, a trickster and/or can even be a tease.

Source: Manga / Kanamemo

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