FREAK (OUT) Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of freak (out)

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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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)

Verb

The mathematics and computer science graduate, who spent two years in the Peace Corps, launched Netflix by mailing DVDs in red envelopes to customers bothered by Blockbuster Video chain’s practices and late fees.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Some people, like me, are bothered by such images but can mostly ignore them.

— Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bother

Verb

But the real reason this outing cracks the list isn’t simply the six touchdowns.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Kuemper cracked for the first time with just under six minutes left in the second period when rookie Victor Eklund’s shot squeezed through on a power play.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of crack

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Ultimately, filmmaker Richard Kelly’s narrative bursts fizzle into a confusing meltdown, but along the way, it’s stoked with enough wiggy comedy and incendiary situations to keep its target teen audience straight up and satisfied.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
After his post-DOGE meltdown last year, many had thought Musk had been neutered.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of meltdown

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The album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of melt down

Noun

Research has also found that across generational groups, greater user tendency to engage in social comparison, together with greater maladaptive ways of coping with emotions, is associated with more symptoms of anger, anxiety, and depression.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
The market for profiting off male body anxiety is nothing new.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxiety

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That move sparked enormous street protests in Israel, and alarmed many Israeli citizens overseas.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
The new company has nearly $80 billion in debt, with leverage of six-and-a-half times trailing earnings, a ratio that has alarmed investors and triggered credit rating downgrades.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of alarm

Verb

When hit, the projectile breaks up, melts, and partially vaporizes.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
In other cities — including Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lille and Nice — police have resorted to firing tear gas to break up unruly crowds, Reuters reported.

— James Cirrone , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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