Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

panic attack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: pan-ic at-tack
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.

Example Sentences

"There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack."
"I think I had a panic attack last night, a sense of rising panic and impending doom – chest tight, short of breath, shaking."

Inflected Forms

panic attacks (plural)

Phrases

panic disorder

Frequently Paired Words

panic disorder

Synonyms

scare

Questions

What does panic attack mean?: A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.

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