as in distraught
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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
Adjective
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Known for loving animals, especially his dog Roscoe, Hamilton felt distraught when speaking to the media following the grand prix.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025 -
Many athletes were visibly distraught, weeping and barely able to keep it together.—
Calum Marsh,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 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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Even the guards appeared to be disturbed.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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These five destinations show that sharing the shore with animals can be calm, safe and memorable for the right reasons when animals aren’t fed or disturbed.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Dating app filters encourage us to lean into our biases Though the conversation around dating app discrimination can quickly slide, among some aggrieved singles, into misogynistic territory, shorter men are likely at a disadvantage on the apps, Sharabi said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Joseph Fireman, senior legal counsel at OpenAI, said on stage at a recent legal conference hosted by the Media Law Resource Center in San Francisco that aggrieved parties tend to go after those with the deepest pockets.—
Paresh Dave,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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In the upcoming ninth season of Rehab Addict, which premieres on June 24, Curtis restores both that Wyoming home and a troubled Detroit property that had been invaded by squatters.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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The long and troubled history of the would-be Venus spacecraft, known as Kosmos-482, can shed some light on these key questions, scientists say.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
Verb
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That’s why, when federal immigration agents rolled into the berry fields of Oxnard last week and detained 40 farmworkers, growers up and down the state grew worried along with their workers.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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This is perhaps the most important reason everyone should be so worried about the Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill.—
Paul Weinstein Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Cameras captured her walking around on the grass before getting distracted and Jordan swooping her up to get to their next hole.—
Nasha Smith,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The one who got distracted by the minstrel did not finish last.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Freaked-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked-out. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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