FREAKING (OUT) Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

freaking (out)

verb

Definition of freaking (out)

present participle of freak (out)

as in disturbing

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy don't talk about death, as it totally freaks me out

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as in losing it

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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The couple have long warned of the dangers of social media and the evolution of disturbing AI tools, zoning in on the negative impact the platforms can have on mental health.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Each seat is 19 inches wide with 39 inches of pitch with thoughtful features like a hard shell for easy reclining without disturbing surrounding fliers and privacy dividers attached to the headrest.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of disturbing

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This is Gordo and Tracy sacrificing themselves by running onto the moon’s surface with only duct-tape suits to stop a nuclear reactor from melting down.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026
What beef tallow is and how it’s made Beef tallow is a white, shelf-stable cooking fat made by rendering — or melting down — the fatty tissue that surrounds a cow’s organs, according to Michelle Crouch at AARP.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026

Definition of melting down

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Hip still bothering Springs Springs lasted just four innings after issuing a season-high five walks, throwing 86 pitches — only 51% of them strikes — and gave up his 28th home run of the season, the most of any pitcher in the league.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Sharks already frequent Southern California beaches, usually without bothering anyone.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of bothering

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An April 2026 Google whitepaper put cracking Bitcoin's elliptic-curve cryptography at fewer than 500,000.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
ScreenshotA complaint that appears to have been filed on July 8, 2021, through the county's SeeClickFix, or 311, online reporting system described cracking and chipping concrete pillars in the building's underground parking garage.

— Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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In Alaska, despite commonly being household pets, dogs are listed as the state's most concerning animal.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The strikeout dip is both concerning and real, but there also isn’t a smoking gun in the underlying metrics, an alarming velocity dip or a breaking ball that just doesn’t have the same snap.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of concerning

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Hazardous smoke spread across both the United States and Canada, choking large cities such as New York.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
The friends told investigators that Nunnally grew angry and jealous multiple times that night, at one point choking Evans against the wall until the two friends pulled him off her.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of choking

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In Orange County, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County maintains infectious-disease surveillance and disease-reporting services for residents and visitors, which is exactly how local systems stay ready without alarming the public.

— Luis E. Caso Vega, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026
So, even just the unusual presence of an aircraft in this area made this incident alarming for one resident, Anna, who spoke to CNN near the scene.

— Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Definition of alarming

Verb

At another MetroLoft project, 25 Water Street, Berman and a co-developer had taken a radical approach to breaking up the interior space of a hulking building that once housed offices belonging to JPMorgan Chase.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Yannick Bright started the sequence breaking up a Fire run at midfield.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

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