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verb

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1
as in to bother
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy don't talk about death, as it totally freaks me out

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2
as in to lose it
to yield to mental or emotional stress the landlady totally freaked out when she saw the dead body in the hall

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freak-out

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noun

as in meltdown

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Recent Examples of freak (out)
Noun
The episode was almost entirely about Margo and her continued freak-out. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026 For now, though, Chang is in her bubble up north and witnessing most of the freak-outs remotely and not in person. — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026 Somebody, the woman had just a little bit of a freak-out for lack of a better term. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026 After Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary this summer, some high-end real-estate brokers confessed to having something of a freak-out. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freak (out)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freak (out)
  1. bother
  2. crack
  3. meltdown
  4. worry
  5. melt down
  6. anxiety
  7. alarm
  8. break up
Verb
  • After all, casinos don’t bother to make distinctions, labeling all winning systems as criminal.
    — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Still bothered by nagging arm and knee issues, Ohtani batted second behind Betts.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of bother
Verb
  • Remember earlier this summer when Sophie Cunningham got her teeth cracked by an elbow and no foul was called?
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In the close quarters of the boat, the family’s fragile equilibrium, long organised around his volatility, begins to crack.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crack
Noun
  • Chilling abuse allegations and a family meltdown preceded the killing of a New York Times director.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • An explosion or a meltdown on the moon’s surface would risk turning entire regions into no-go zones.
    — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of meltdown
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  • There’s little research on the compound, and academics worry that scheduling will hamper future studies.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • There’s nothing to worry about above because the cinemas have it.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of worry
Verb
  • Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS COURT PRESS — A'ja Wilson's mom melts down when pressed over her 'Love Beats Hate' sign in Vegas.
    — , FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Here’s why How junk silver is valued The price of junk silver is based on its melt value — the value of the silver content if the coin were melted down.
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of melt down
Noun
  • And three, sometimes four, of those many waking hours are spent in the car — bouncing from home to school to her second or third job and home again — with music at full blast to drown out the babble of anxiety, most of it financial.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This can help decrease anxiety and increase confidence by removing the pressure of one ideal performance and shifting focus to the present moment.
    — Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of anxiety
Verb
  • Investors have grown increasingly alarmed over the eurozone’s debt burden, moribund economic growth, and persistent inflation.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Ayesha Bell Hardaway, a former prosecutor who is a professor of law at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, is alarmed by the dramatic variation across the country.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of alarm
Verb
  • Two innings earlier Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernández broke up the scoreless tie with a two-run homer.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • After his sudden death in 1960, Olivetti began a slow decline and was eventually broken up and merged with a telecommunications company.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of break up

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“Freak (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freak%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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