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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The Art Nouveau and Art Deco items taken are said to be made of crystal, gold, and semi-precious stones, and cannot be melted down.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026
Most of the statue was melted down and reformed into musket balls, and several of these are on display in the opening section of the show across from four large intact pieces of the original.

— Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of melted down

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As the Yankees prepared to play on the United States’ 250th birthday, Ben Rice cracked a joke.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
The prospect of holding dry, cracked hands after dinner might persuade him that moisturizing under the table is the lesser offense.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of cracked

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They also have been angered by Kennedy’s attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.

— Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
They've also been angered by Kennedy's attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of angered

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In 2020, when massive fires choked the region for weeks, 43 of the Bay Area’s 46 particulate-matter Spare the Air alert days were affected by wildfire smoke.

— Seth Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
The aisles were so choked that blooms and branches brushed against us, the air heady with the scent of lilies, roses, eucalyptus, and sweet decay.

— Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Definition of choked

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One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
But Blue Origin’s rocket blew up in dramatic fashion during an engine test last month, damaging its launch pad and raising questions about its ability to meet NASA’s timeline.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 30 June 2026

Definition of blew up

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Although Brown was absent from Howe’s lyrics, his specter glared from between the lines, apocalyptic and militant.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
The two-time Masters champion spun, glared at the spectator, grumbled under his breath and seemed to point out the person to security.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 May 2026

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