FLIPPED (OUT) Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

flipped (out)

verb

past tense of flip (out), slang

as in melted down

to yield to mental or emotional stress a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own

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as in had a fit

to become very angry when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out

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Tin cans are also melted down and turned into aluminium for jewelry.

— Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
At one point, his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down into two tons of bronze ingots.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026

Definition of melted down

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Once filtered, add the coriander; just add 1 tsp cracked coriander seeds to the finished cocktail, and let infuse for about 15 ti 30 minutes before straining out.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 July 2026
The case was cracked using investigative genetic genealogy, a combination of DNA analysis and paper trail research that has been used over the past decade to reverse engineer a person’s identity.

— Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of cracked

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Rising housing prices, overwhelmed public transport and a flood of tourists in historic districts have angered locals, according to Reuters.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Others, however, will be angered by the move — mostly because of how Madrid reacted to his 2024 Ballon d’Or victory ahead of Vinicius Junior.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of angered

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City Councilmember Rowena Brown said she was punched, choked and dragged by her hair through her downtown Oakland apartment over the weekend by an acquaintance who is now charged with felony counts of assault, robbery and false imprisonment.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
The Mets entered this season overhauling a roster that choked away the best record in the league last summer, which turned in a league-high $329 million payroll.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of choked

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Specifically in New York, a Swedish candy store called Bon Bon blew up and had influencers creating ASMR taste test videos.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Then, a few weeks later, Israel blew up the ongoing talks by assassinating both Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas representative leading peace talks in Qatar, and Mohammed Deif, a top decision-maker inside Gaza.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of blew up

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