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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
  • The victim’s distraught mother spoke briefly to the Daily News through the family’s apartment door.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Owusu’s family, from Ghana, are distraught over the loss of the beloved and talented musician, ABC 7 NY reported.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of distraught
Verb
  • That move sparked enormous street protests in Israel, and alarmed many Israeli citizens overseas.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The new company has nearly $80 billion in debt, with leverage of six-and-a-half times trailing earnings, a ratio that has alarmed investors and triggered credit rating downgrades.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of alarmed
Verb
  • The album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of melted down
Adjective
  • Soon, other aggrieved groups—farmers, trade unionists, climate activists, yellow-vest protesters angered by rising costs—joined in, and the demonstrations that followed quickly became some of France’s most widespread and explosive since 1968.
    — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Panthers trailed, 33-6, at halftime in front of an aggrieved home crowd that rained boos on them at several junctures.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of aggrieved
Verb
  • The calm was disturbed when a barramundi caught Maurice’s line.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
  • According to Filter, at some point the grave markers were disturbed.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • Denver also cracked the top 10 for having some of the nicest residents in the country, a category otherwise dominated by Southern cities like Charlotte and Nashville.
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Following midterm losses, Miller may also be tasked with trying to reunite the coalition that backed Trump in 2024 but cracked in the midterms, to prevent further MAGA defections down the line.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of cracked
Adjective
  • It was meant to give kids from troubled homes an opportunity to learn the skills and discipline of a sport.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The health system, while under Sarian’s leadership, bought the hospitals from troubled Steward Healthcare System in 2024 as part of a deal Steward made to thin debt.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of troubled
Verb
  • And voters in both parties want to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, concerned that lawmakers are using privileged information to enrich themselves.
    — Thomas Kahn, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In the same poll, 81% of young Democrats, 67% of independents, and 60% of young Republicans said they were concerned.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of concerned
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“Freaked-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freaked-out. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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