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 United Kingdom and India conducted their first-ever dual aircraft carrier operation during a bilateral military exercise in the Indian Ocean this week, as both nations have been alarmed by China's increasingly assertive behavior across the Indo-Pacific region.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Nigin told her later that, yes, she had been alarmed by the cut but had resolved to check on her students.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The artifact was taken by a museum employee and melted down.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Reliever Luke Weaver melted down again, and then seemed lost trying to explain it postgame.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The employees who lost their jobs are distraught, according to the source familiar with the RIF.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Eva’s decision to die left Druse distraught.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Or maybe he was just disturbed by my current condition.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Wasps will become aggravated if their nest is disturbed, so it's not recommended to knock down the nest.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Inside these tiny zones, PET chains stretched, cracked, and softened , providing perfect conditions for reacting with sodium hydroxide.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The veneer cracked as Misiorowski lost connection with the strike zone.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 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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As far as future relationships are concerned, Lopez hinted at keeping those private.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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So, when Lia’s medical waiver fell off seemingly overnight in the fall of 2022, Joy was concerned.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yudkowsky and Soares are certainly experts in their field, but this book often reads like a disgruntled missive from two aggrieved patriarchs tired of being ignored.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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“Freaked-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked-out. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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