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adjective

as in distraught

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freaked (out)

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verb

past tense of freak (out)
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freaked-out
  1. distraught
  2. alarmed
  3. melted down
  4. aggrieved
  5. disturbed
  6. cracked
  7. troubled
  8. concerned
Adjective
  • Some distraught users took to social media to express their alarm at how the AI agent, which required masses of personal data to operate without detailed instructions, had a habit of going rogue.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Andrew offers his distraught daughter little sympathy, and from that moment, a murder plot begins to take shape.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of distraught
Verb
  • 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
  • In voicemails played in court, they were alarmed by not hearing from Machado and her daughters, Julia and Daniela.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of alarmed
Verb
  • 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
  • Thieves also are increasingly targeting museum items with gold and other precious metals that can be melted down and with gemstones that can be removed and sold, the agency said in a report in August.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of melted down
Adjective
  • The actor worked with Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers to adapt the true story of a radio news broadcaster and an aggrieved kidnapper with modern-day parallels to figures like Luigi Mangione.
    — Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Schiltz added that any aggrieved teacher can file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of aggrieved
Verb
  • People, wildlife and domestic animals get valley fever when the soil in these burrows is disturbed, by a dog digging, a kick of the boot, a shovel, construction equipment, wind or wildfire.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Clean Regularly Spiders don’t like to be disturbed, so an unused area of your porch is likely to be attractive real estate.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • Victoria’s Secret Angels ate crispy rice tuna and cracked open layered chocolate-and-ice-cream desserts.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Could Disney+ be keeping the door cracked open for a potential season three?
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of cracked
Adjective
  • This project, classical in form, presents a sweeping vision of how the past has led to the present, an epic for this troubled age, a dispatch from a roiling Europe that nonetheless reflects back the difficult beauty of human existence.
    — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Which is what troubled regulators even more about this particular outbreak.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of troubled
Verb
  • Treasury yields remain stubbornly high, but income investors don’t need to be concerned yet.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • During a press conference last week, when asked about Alligator Alcatraz, DeSantis said that staff were concerned they’d be accused of mistreatment.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of concerned
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