freaks (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of freak (out)
1
as in concerns
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 cracks
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 freaks (out)
  1. concerns
  2. cracks
  3. worries
  4. chokes
  5. alarms
  6. melts down
  7. disturbs
  8. breaks up
Verb
  • Another issue with the heat index concerns the way that it’s calculated.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • That case concerns a longstanding Supreme Court precedent that broadly shields members of such boards from being fired at will, in order to protect them from partisan interference.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of concerns
Verb
  • Anger When denial finally cracks, the energy that follows goes one of two directions.
    — Tim Albright, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Holmes deduces that each pose represents a letter and cracks the code by matching the most common poses with the most common letters.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of cracks
Verb
  • Bateman worries audiences may eventually stop caring whether a performance comes from a human being or AI.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • Wolf worries about people being able to afford to stay in or move to the area and about protecting the health of local fisheries so important to the economy.
    — Becky Bohrer, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of worries
Verb
  • Remove chokes from artichokes and steam in small amount of water for 15 minutes, adding water to pan as needed.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Connecticut’s largest cities also struggle with the state’s highest property tax rates, which chokes business growth and, in turn, shifts more burden onto residential owners.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
Definition of chokes
Verb
  • He becomes increasingly consumed by the otherworldly dimension, which alarms his therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve).
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • The focal point of escalating concern is oldest son Jeremy (Edik Beddoes) whose increasingly erratic behavior alarms those around him, not only for his safety but others as well.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Definition of alarms
Verb
  • Parents won't spend the day pushing strollers across sprawling pathways trying to cover ground before someone melts down.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • The wedding — and especially Cassie and Nate’s dance, as Cassie melts down on the day she’s spent her life dreaming of, having learned about the deep financial hole Nate is in — must have felt especially layered.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 10 June 2026
Definition of melts down
Verb
  • Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Definition of disturbs
Verb
  • When the ice breaks up in spring, the water in a lake begins what is commonly called a turnover.
    — Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
  • So, for instance, in a situation where somebody is no longer with us or somebody leaves a band or a band breaks up.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of breaks up
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