freaked

adjective

ˈfrēkt 

variants or freaked-out

ˈfrēkt-ˈau̇t 

informal

: feeling or showing extreme distress, astonishment, or discomposure

For those too freaked or tired to brave the mall, there are always catalogs.

—Stephanie Gutmann

With the last half of my sandwich trapped between my knees, I clung to the wheel, too freaked to do anything but hold my bug [=Volkswagen Beetle model of automobile] in its own lane.

—Bill Franzen

But the show's most enjoyable moments are more intimate, as he pulls off … intensely complicated tricks with coins and cards for suitably freaked-out bystanders.

—Tom Gliatto

Examples of freaked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three weeks ago, an extremely freaked out Judge Alice Dockery (Tricia Alexandro) found something presumably very wrong in a file and called Detective Fleming (Miles Mussenden) to come to her office immediately. —Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2023

In other words: a dystopian capsule wardrobe of freaked basics. —Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for freaked

• critiqued
• beaked
• cheeked
• creaked
• eked
• leaked
• peaked
• peeked
• piqued
• reeked
• shrieked
• sneaked