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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
Adjective
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Put anybody on the spot and ask them to name something quickly, your brain just goes frantic.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026 -
In the few short months leading up to its wide release, the filmmakers behind Grey Gardens were in a frantic state of damage control.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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My classroom is small, the blackboard cracked, the ceiling fan slow.—
Joyeeta Banerjee,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2026
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House sparrows prefer to be near humans, so place a birdhouse away from the house and avoid feeding smaller seeds like millet, cracked corn, and milo, which sparrows love.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Walker offers this diagnosis himself, leeringly dismissing Pearl as a silly mommy, awash with hormones, mildly and minorly hysterical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Lead skiing announcer Dan Hicks had just the right tone of concern without hysterical overreaction.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The family of the victim is distraught.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Andrew was photographed in a car as he was being driven back to Wood Farm in Sandringham, looking extremely distraught.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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At least half a dozen members of Congress are at risk of losing their seats in Tuesday’s primaries, as the midterm campaign begins with a frenzied gut check on voter anger.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The precious metal has actually smashed through a number of prior highs over the last 12 months, the momentum driven by central banks buying at a frenzied pace and a growing conviction among investors that gold is now a core holding rather than just a hedge.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Canty and Lally churn with monomaniacal might, spurring Lewis to play bold, declarative melodies that Piorg answers with force.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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This monomaniacal and thoroughly individualized focus turned mindfulness into yet another personalized optimization ritual.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Hello from Milan and Cortina, where the USA women’s hockey team will face a familiar foe in the gold-medal game, two Americans were on the podium in women’s monobob and a Norwegian skier melted down after losing out on a medal.—
The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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Inside the Arts District campus workspace, plastic donations are sorted, shredded and melted down using specialized equipment before being molded into new objects or artwork.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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There are driver-specific factors that also increase safety risk on Houston highways, such as fatigue, distracted driving, speeding on suboptimal roads, and insufficient training.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2026
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An enforcement campaign typically describes a targeted and visible ticketing effort, most often focused on citations for things like impaired or distracted driving.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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