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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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Azzouzi received a frantic call to come down.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026 -
The story follows a man who takes his sprawling family on a frantic one-day pilgrimage to nine Buddhist temples after hearing a prophecy that his elderly mother may not have long to live.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But the research center team has already cracked the code by designing a transparent hull that balances structural integrity with a 360-degree view.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Five Bruins landed in the first round, and four cracked the top 10.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In addition to being a hysterical actor and writer, Wilson is a devout student of reality television and hosts the podcast Bitch Sesh about the Real Housewives franchise.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
24 Mar. 2026
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Bailey, too, had a pretty hysterical reaction.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With Mendez at gunpoint, the distraught driver was allowed to get out of her car.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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But instead, the young bride was wandering the streets of London in the June heat, frustrated and distraught.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Released in July 1996, the giggling red toy went viral during the 1996 Christmas season, sparking frenzied shopping scenes at stores across the country.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2026
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Also, stars in this frenzied state aren’t terribly stable; the fusion rate can be tempestuous, and the star undergoes incredibly violent paroxysms.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Paul Atreides in Dune, Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme — these are all characters defined by otherworldly gifts, monomaniacal drive, and a cold-blooded disregard for the concerns of others.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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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
Verb
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After an ugly pitching performance Saturday night in which the Texas bullpen melted down and allowed six runs in the ninth inning, the Longhorns steadied themselves Sunday.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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When his kids melted down and started shrieking over the usual tantrum-inducing nonsense that sometimes sets off 4-year-olds, Buttigieg looked around nervously, gathered his family, and left the shop fast.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Christina Alcorn was shocked to learn that the distracted driver who fatally struck her 15-year-old child, walking to school, would face nothing more than a misdemeanor.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers debated about distracted driving in an age when drivers are sometimes on a Zoom call while driving in the car.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Wigged-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigged-out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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