as in cracked
to yield to mental or emotional stress
with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigged-out
Verb
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So, in an instant, Zeek twisted and pushed the barrel aside, but the robber grabbed his shoulder, firing a shot that cracked through the quiet.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025 -
The moment that cracked the tension came on the 18th hole.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The slog of recovery is what's stuck with her even more than the frantic and frightening hours of the storm.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Less than an hour after making his frantic and somewhat miraculous 59-yarder, Butker missed the 33-yard extra point wide right.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His peace of mind doesn’t survive the first commute to work, when Alex and Dwayne nearly run over a dirty, barefoot, hysterical boy, Riley (Gage Munroe), who has escaped from TPA.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Thanksgiving is gonna be hysterical already.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The doctor may be exhausted from lack of sleep, or distraught after having performed CPR on a baby for forty-five minutes.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The season ends on a cliffhanger, where a distraught Momo grapples with the jealousy of seeing Vamola kiss Okarun, leaving the door open for more romance and rivalry to come.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Along the way, narratives of both Bridges and the Little Rock students were largely melted down and resculpted into Civil Rights triumph.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Sep. 2025
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An ancient gold bracelet belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh that had disappeared from a museum in Cairo was stolen and later melted down, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Amidst the glitz and chaos of fashion’s most frenzied week on the calendar, Maxine is diagnosed with breast cancer, an experience the actress herself has also had to make decisions on, given her family history of cancer.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Sep. 2025
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The clean tech sector's frenzied growth during Biden-era policy has slowed but, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise are grossly exaggerated.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some of these people are ranting and raving, threatening violence against strangers or exhibiting tendencies to hurt themselves, others are quietly living in filth or unclothed or unshod in frigid temperatures.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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Only a raving fan or an agitated individual has the sincere, genuine motivation to provide honest feedback.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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There Naso allegedly choked her to death, placing the body in a trash bag, and dumping it from the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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