WIGGED (OUT) Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of wigged-out

as in frantic

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verb

past tense of wig (out), slang

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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Adjective

Towns still rebuilding are hit by new floods Volunteer firefighters spent the night evacuating homes and answering frantic calls in Ingram, just up river from Hunt, said Ingram Mayor Claud Jordan.

— Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
The frantic antics and manic-yet-precise playing at times jaw-dropping.

— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026

Definition of frantic

Verb

As the Yankees prepared to play on the United States’ 250th birthday, Ben Rice cracked a joke.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
The prospect of holding dry, cracked hands after dinner might persuade him that moisturizing under the table is the lesser offense.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of cracked

Adjective

Necessary reckonings have pulled the deepest wounds of American history to the surface, fracturing the public into factions of the wronged, the guilty, and those in hysterical denial.

— Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
Filming a comedy is so much fun, and every day is hysterical — even the long days.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026

Definition of hysterical

Verb

At one point, his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down into two tons of bronze ingots.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
The Art Nouveau and Art Deco items taken are said to be made of crystal, gold, and semi-precious stones, and cannot be melted down.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026

Definition of melted down

Adjective

Claudia Morton, who lives near Durán Guerrero and his family and often waved to him, was distraught over the shooting.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026
On December 2, 1717, a distraught George Augustus and Caroline packed up their household and said goodbye to their children.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026

Definition of distraught

Verb

Downwind of the disaster, Toronto, the largest city in the country, has been choked by wildfire smoke, turning the sky orange and plunging air quality levels to the worst in the world.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
That student entered the circle, looped his arm around the boy’s neck and choked him.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026

Definition of choked

Adjective

To the delight of a frenzied audience just hours after his home country of England won its quarterfinal match over Norway in the World Cup, Liverpool’s Paddy Pimblett (24-4-0) made quick work of Benoit Saint Denis (17-4-0) with a first-round TKO.

— W.G. Ramirez, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Following that match played in front of 80,000 fans in a frenzied atmosphere in Mexico City, Jimenez will now return to club duties in the second tier of English football with Wolves.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of frenzied

Adjective

When Ahab first speaks to the crew about Moby Dick, his diabolical charisma soon infects the men who, apart from Starbuck, enthusiastically join him in his monomaniacal crusade.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of monomaniacal

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