1
as in alarmed
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 melted down
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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as in distraught
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freaked-out
Verb
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The sheriff's office said the children were then rescued by family members who had rushed to the scene, alarmed by the video.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025 -
The threats coming from Vance and a top Trump official alarmed many of the country’s major philanthropies.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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Along the way, narratives of both Bridges and the Little Rock students were largely melted down and resculpted into Civil Rights triumph.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Sep. 2025
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An ancient gold bracelet belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh that had disappeared from a museum in Cairo was stolen and later melted down, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Alvord High School science teacher, who had told her students about feeding the sick kitten to the snake, gave three other kittens to a student who was distraught about the incident.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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Dorsett described the children as distraught by their father's detention and said his absence has created emotional and financial hardship.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sleep may be disturbed by a pet's movements, and dogs may bite if startled.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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After the assassination, Morelo said he was disturbed by those who mocked or celebrated the conservative activist's killing.—
Max Bacall , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So, in an instant, Zeek twisted and pushed the barrel aside, but the robber grabbed his shoulder, firing a shot that cracked through the quiet.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The moment that cracked the tension came on the 18th hole.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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In other words: a dystopian capsule wardrobe of freaked basics.—
Rachel Tashjian,
Harper's BAZAAR,
23 Feb. 2022
Verb
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For example, Makris is concerned that the Nottinghamshire Police in the UK have begun testing a Unitree Go2, which can be exploited by UniPwn.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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According to Jeffrey Gottfurcht, co-founder and CEO of Cyber Dive, a software company that enables parents to monitor their child's phone habits and history, parents shouldn't be concerned about invading their child's privacy.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Right-wing influencers have relentlessly campaigned for these people to lose their jobs, tagging their employers’ online accounts and inundating their places of work with aggrieved emails and phone calls.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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Black Rabbit is co-created and primarily written by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, who respectively wrote and produced the 2024 Justin Kurzel crime drama The Order, in which Law played an aggrieved FBI agent chasing a neo-Nazi group led by Nicholas Hoult.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Freaked-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked-out. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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