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

In the past two days, many stories have emerged from frantic family members.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
His frantic paranoia makes the scene genuinely hard to read and sets the stage for his horrifying actions during the climax.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of frantic

Verb

Inspectors reported seeing rodent droppings, cracked tiles in a shower, a tarp on the roof, a crack in the ceiling, debris and furniture dumped outside.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Had Logan Allen not stumbled in his final spring tune-up, Messick might not have cracked the Opening Day roster this season.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of cracked

Verb

The cartridges were intended to be melted down for gold at a metal recovery service, but the games were never destroyed, Braun told ABC News.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a stretch yarn from polyethylene that is able to be melted down and recycled.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of melted down

Adjective

But today’s Court often divides along stark ideological lines, and the liberals often sound truly distraught in their dissents.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
One distraught woman sat on the ground next to a large pool of blood as another woman embraced her.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of distraught

Verb

The blockade choked one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and Iran dictated where the war’s frontline would be, rattling the global economy.

— Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Both victims were illegally choked to death by white police officers.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of choked

Adjective

This spring Carlyle won a 50-year lease of federal lands in Fort Bliss, Texas, and is negotiating the development of a data center, joining a buildout that is among the most frenzied in history.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
After a frenzied start that saw the Union take the lead in the 11th minute through Indiana Vassilev, Messi quickly put Miami in front with consecutive goal-scoring contributions.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 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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