locoed

verb

past tense of loco
as in disturbed
to cause to go insane or as if insane years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locoed
  1. disturbed
  2. bothered
  3. distracted
  4. confused
  5. unbalanced
  6. unhinged
  7. unsettled
  8. upset
Verb
  • People, wildlife and domestic animals get valley fever when the soil in these burrows is disturbed, by a dog digging, a kick of the boot, a shovel, construction equipment, wind or wildfire.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Clean Regularly Spiders don’t like to be disturbed, so an unused area of your porch is likely to be attractive real estate.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • And he cannot be bothered with mentioning any of them even when discussing Watson's history.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Thomas has been estranged from the organization for months over a social media faux pas that bothered him and a lawsuit over sales of his jersey.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • Adams also expects other aspects of professional sports to suffer, predicting coaches and staff members will be just as distracted by the new game.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • My parents were tense and distracted while my siblings were scared.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of distracted
Verb
  • The arrests generated massive amounts of headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, and many were confused when the suspects were released on bail the next day.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
  • While accepting the Moon Person, fans watching at home were confused when the sound cut out as Carpenter was talking.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of confused
Verb
  • Denying the Wave a crucial 1-0 lead, no teammate could convert on a bright drive and dish by speedster Ludmila that unbalanced Seattle’s defense.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
Definition of unbalanced
Verb
  • Then there is The Idiot(s), the Telluride-premiering, unhinged portrait of love about Fyodor Dostoevsky (Johnny Flynn) and his great love of the time, Anna (Aimee Lou Wood).
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The film begins as a tense game of cat and mouse before spiraling into something far stranger, more disturbing, and deeply unhinged.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of unhinged
Verb
  • The Lakers have wing depth, but could bolster their center options beyond Kessler and backup Kevon Looney, and are unsettled at power forward.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Monday in Philadelphia stays cool and unsettled, with the front stalled just south of the region and scattered rain chances, especially across southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware.
    — Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of unsettled
Verb
  • Cleveland used its rushing attack to upset Crenshaw on the road.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In April, Peruvians, upset by the sharpest monthly inflation spike in the country in more than 30 years, showed how economic anxiety can upend politics and open the door to populists.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of upset
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“Locoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locoed. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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