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Recent Examples of freaked
Amaya looks at me and must see a super freaked out girl in front of her because her face instantly softens.
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Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freaked
Adjective
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For the first time in a minute, PTA doesn’t look too bothered to be explaining himself about this movie, perhaps because he’s finally got the hardware to back up a worthy film that dares to upset or even confound its audience.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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Winnipeg Jets, 25-26-10 Feb. 6: 28 Sean: 25 Dom: 25 The perfect deadline: Addition by subtraction Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn are the exact sort of player archetypes that get traditional contending GMs overly hot and bothered.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Flock Safety has faced strong criticism, with many worried about the public's privacy and security moving forward.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Caroline never actually worried that Harry would cross a line with a patient.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The vlogger Jordan Cheyenne, for one, wrecked her sharenting career by accidentally posting footage of herself coaching her son, who was distraught over the family’s sick puppy, to make a specific kind of sad face for YouTube.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Jesse O’Hara, said his clients were distraught and heartbroken over the treatment of their baby.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Esther said that Kim was upset about McCormick's bizarre behavior.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The demonstrations have been primarily instigated by farmers, agricultural contractors and road haulage operators, who are upset with the government’s response to the spike in fuel prices since the onset of the Iran war.—
Michael Considine,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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However, gardens are highly disturbed, and these natural modes of pest management are often disrupted.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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In October 1991 a disturbed Army doctor’s son murdered 23 people and then killed himself in a Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, armed with a 9-mm Glock 17 and a Ruger.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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OutKick’s Davey Hudson took to the streets of Nashville and New York City last month to talk to aggrieved football fans.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Liverpool had their own reasons to feel aggrieved when Ibrahima Konate had a goal denied after the ball was deemed to have dribbled in.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One of Altman’s batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In March, the Dallas City Council did not make a final decision on what to do about the troubled City Hall building.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Freaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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