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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Verb

Plus, Bluetooth headphone pairing lets students watch TV late at night without disturbing roommates.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026
Just like us, most plants suffer from heat stress that is exacerbated by disturbing their vascular system during a heat wave.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 July 2026

Definition of disturbing

Verb

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

Verb

Wasps are generally more interested in building their colony and finding food than in bothering people.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
But after going ahead, England manager Thomas Tuchel tried to shut the back door by throwing on countless defenders and not bothering to attack Argentina anymore.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of bothering

Verb

Scientists are cracking the code for extracting useful molecules from substances designed to harm.

— Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026
In Die Hard, the California State University Theatre Arts alum portrayed the wisecracking computer hacker Theo, tasked with cracking the code to the Nakatomi vault and gaining access to the $640 million prize inside.

— Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of cracking

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This is especially concerning, considering teenagers are at a time in life when their bodies are changing constantly and rapidly, Mann said.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
But new data points to a concerning trend in which AI is damaging human connection, because people don’t interact with colleagues as much, rely on coworkers or reinforce relationships in the work process.

— Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of concerning

Verb

Cotton is one of more than 100 million people across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic breathing in dangerous air brought by thick, choking plumes of smoke from wildfires in Canada.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The trend, which was popular on TikTok at the time, involves intentionally choking oneself or holding one’s breath until passing out.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Definition of choking

Verb

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

Video on social media showed the explosion and its aftermath as remains of the spacecraft were seen breaking up in what looked like a stunning meteor shower.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 July 2026
A day later, after breaking up with Niemiec, the victim went to Niemiec’s apartment with a friend to retrieve her things, according to the report.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of breaking up

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