panic attack

English Thesaurus

1. a sudden attack of fear (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	fear, fearfulness, fright,
definition	:	an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	affright, fright, frighten, scare,
definition	:	cause fear in (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery,
definition	:	provoking fear terror (adj.all)

derivation	:	affright, fright, frighten, scare,
definition	:	cause fear in (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery,
definition	:	provoking fear terror (adj.all)